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An amateur astronomer discovers a dwarf galaxy
The observations carried out with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) have confirmed the discovery of the isolated...
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NewsAn amino acid essential for life is found in interstellar spaceThe IAC researcher Susana Iglesias-Groth has discovered the existence of tryptophan, an amino acid essential for the formation of proteins and the develoment of...
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NewsAn ancient brown dwarf in our cosmic neighbourhoodA study, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the presence of an unusual metal-poor brown dwarf less than 30 light-years away...
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NewsAn asteroid has been named with after IAC researcher Tania Le Pivert JolivetThe International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of asteroid (20747) Tanialepivert in honour of Tania Le Pivert Jolivet, a postdoctoral...
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NewsAn asteroid is named after the Jesuit Juan Casanovas, founder of the Solar Physics group at the IACFather Juan Casanovas (1929-2013), a Jesuit astronomer who played an important role in the early years of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has...
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NewsAn IAC study measures the exact size of the largest known galaxyHow large can a galaxy grow? This is the question behind a new study led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in which an international team of...
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NewsAn IAC study reveals that galaxies can grow in an "explosive" wayThe general picture of galaxy growth is that of a slow and steady process. Scientific consensus has concluded that gas accumulates in their disks, which...
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NewsAn ionised bubble powered by a proto-cluster at z = 6.5We show herein that a proto-cluster of Lyα emitting galaxies, spectroscopically confirmed at redshift 6.5, produces a remarkable number of ionising continuum...
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NewsAn old problem about the measurement of the chemical composition of the universe has been resolvedResearch carried out by a scientific team from the University of Heidelberg (UH), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the National Autonomous...