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Sextans: the smallest cannibal galaxy discovered until now
A team at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered a new case of galactic cannibalism in the neighbourhood of the Milky Way, which has...
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PublicationSignatures of sunspot oscillations and the case for chromospheric resonancesSunspots host a large variety of oscillatory phenomena, whose properties depend on the nature of the wave modes and the magnetic and thermodynamic structure of...
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NewsSixth edition of "Talk to Them: Women in Astronomy" and other initiatives to celebrate the Day of Women and Girls in ScienceThe Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is joining in the celebrations for 11 February by taking part in more than a dozen actions aimed at promoting...
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NewsSolved the mystery of the distribution of oxygen in outer areas of the Milky WayA team led by a researcher at the IAC and the University of La Laguna (ULL) has accurately measured the variation of oxygen abundance along the disc of our...
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NewsSolving the enigma of the brightest planetary nebulaePlanetary nebulae (PNe) are the ejecta of evolved low-intermediate mass stars present in all stellar systems. Perhaps the easiest thing to do when studying PNe...
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PublicationSolving the Paradox of the Solar Sodium D<SUB>1</SUB> Line PolarizationTwenty-five years ago, enigmatic linear polarization signals were discovered in the core of the sodium D 1 line. The only explanation that could be found...
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NewsStars rich in phosphorus: seeds of life in the universeThe journal Nature Communications today is publishing the discovery of a new type of stars, very rich in phosphorus, which could help to explain the origin of...
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NewsStudy reveals that giant planets could reach "maturity" much earlier than previously thoughtAn international team of scientists, in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participate together with other institutions from...
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NewsSuccessful closure of the XXXII IAC Winter School65 doctoral students and postgraduate researchers from 15 different countries participated, for 9 days, in the XXXII Canary Islands Winter School of...