ANTONIN BOUCHEZ: “Todos los instrumentos del GMT tendrán Óptica Adaptativa”
En el Observatorio de las Campanas, en el desierto de Atacama, en Chile, se está construyendo uno de los llamados “Telescopios Extremadamente Grandes”: el...
Appraising the Necklace: A post-common-envelope carbon dwarf inside an apparently carbon-poor planetary nebula
The Necklace nebula is a bipolar, post-common-envelope planetary nebula, the central star of which has been shown to have a dwarf carbon star companion. We aim...
The main objective of this project is to study the importance of astronomy as a fundamental part of human culture and civilization from Paleolithic to the...
Now almost 70 years since its introduction, the effective or half-light radius has become a very popular choice for characterising galaxy size. However, the...
Are ultra-diffuse galaxies structurally similar to low-surface-brightness galaxies?
A central question regarding ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) is whether they are in a separate category from low-surface-brightness (LSB) galaxies, or just their...
ARTEMIO HERRERO: “Un fotón puede tardar hasta un millón de años en alcanzar la superficie solar“
Hoy se inauguró la XXIX Escuela de Invierno que, como cada año, organiza el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Por este motivo, entrevistamos a Artemio...