Topic: Astrophysics

  • News
    The structure of the famous Jet of material in M87, the brightest galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, revealed
    A Master’s degree research project at the University of Barcelona (UB), carried out at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) by the student Alejandra...
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    The surface of asteroid Bennu: dark, rough and dense with boulders
    Between August and December 2018, during the Approach and Preliminary Survey phases of the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, a series of images and spectra of the...
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    The synchronized dance of a system of six planets is revealed
    An international collaboration, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has found a system of six exoplanets orbiting a central...
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    The synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation history
    According to the current theories of galaxy formation, these generally form as small entities that grow through fusion, collision and accretion, eventually...
  • Document
    The Universe at large
    Cambridge University Press ha publicado el libro The Universe at large. Key issues in astronomy and cosmology, editado por G. Münch, A. Mampaso y F. Sánchez...
  • Publishing
    The Universe at large
    Cambridge University Press has published The Universe at large. Key issues in astronomy and cosmology, edited by G. Münch, A. Mampaso and F. Sánchez. This book...
  • News
    The VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
    The scientific meeting about the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world was inaugurated today, Wednesday 12th December, in the centre of the...
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    The WEAVE spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope takes its first light data at the ORM
    The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) and the WEAVE instrument team present the first observations with this new instrument. This is a powerful latest...
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    The “100 Square Moons” exhibition inaugurated in Tokyo
    The Cervantes Institute in Japan plays host to this educational exhibition which brings advances in Astrophysics to society via photographs with major impact...