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...
Astronomers detect large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere of a primitive star
Scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the University of California San Diego...
Astronomers discover a giant black hole that challenges current models of stellar evolution
An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of China and with the participation of the Instituto de...
Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum
An international team of astrophysicists led by the Stellar Astrophysics Group of the University of Alicante (UA), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC...
Astronomers discover a white dwarf formed by the merger of two stars
An international team of researchers led by the University of Warwick, with a member who is a scientist at the IAC has discovered white dwarf with unusual...
The black holes at the centres of galaxies are the most mysterious objects in the Universe, not only because of the huge quantities of material within them...
Astronomers find a galaxy unchanged since the early universe
Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) confirm the first detection of a relic galaxy with the Hubble Space Telescope. The results of this...