At the heart of almost every sufficiently massive galaxy there is a black hole whose gravitational field, although very intense, affects only a small region...
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NewsA study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxies
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NewsA sub-Earth confirmed in the planetary system of the closest star to the Sun
An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the presence of a new planet...
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NewsA super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
During 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 time
The 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 sky
The 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 galaxy
Feedback-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 “gold mine” is detected in a collision of two distant stars
An international team of astronomers, including researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the CSIC has found evidence of a “kilonomva”...
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NewsAbout metallicity variations in the local Galactic interstellar medium
In this work we discuss and confront recent results on metallicity variations in the local interstellar medium, obtained from observations of H II regions by...
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NewsActivities for Asteroid Day
To celebrate Asteroid Day, which commemorates the impact of the Tunguska Fireball in 1908, several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias...