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A Sun more complex than expected
The CLASP suborbital rocket experiment, motivated by theoretical investigations carried out at the IAC, provided unprecedented observations of the polarization...
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NewsA super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere modelsDuring the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of astronomical...
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NewsA system of globular clusters in the disc of a galaxy detected for the first timeThe OSIRIS instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) has discovered, on the spiral galaxy Messier 106, a system of globular clusters whose unusual...
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NewsA system of superearths has been detected around the brightest red dwarf in the skyThe exoplanets closest to us offer the best opportunities to make a detailed study of their physical properties, including the search for life outside the Solar...
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NewsA titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxyFeedback-driven winds from star formation or active galactic nuclei might be a relevant channel for the abrupt quenching of star formation in massive galaxies...
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NewsA Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray View of the Transient SkyThe development of the latest generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) over recent decades has led to the discovery of new extreme...
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NewsA week to go deeper into some of the more “ghostly” structures in the UniverseTenerife will host a meeting of the International Astronomical Union with over a hundred specialists from all over the world, at which there will be discussion...
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NewsA workshop in La Palma consolidates scientific collaboration in astronomy between Spain and ChinaFrom 25 to 28 July, the workshop " China-Spain collaboration on astronomical high-resolution spectroscopy" will be held in Fuencaliente (La Palma). Its aim is...
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NewsA “gold mine” is detected in a collision of two distant starsAn international team of astronomers, including researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the CSIC has found evidence of a “kilonomva”...