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The Metal-Poor Edge of the Milky Way’s Thin Disk
The formation and evolution of the disk of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, remains an enigma in astronomy. In particular, the relationship between the thick disk and...
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NewsThe mystery of the brightest planetary nebulaeA recent study led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has resolved an old debate about the progenitor stars of the brightest...
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NewsThe mystery of the fullerenes in space explainedA pioneering study from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) which combines laboratory chemistry with astrophysics, has shown for the first time that...
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NewsThe mystery of the galaxy with no dark matter: solved!A group of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has clarified one of the mysteries of 2018 in the field of extragalactic astrophysics...
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NewsThe mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole, solvedA study carried out by a team of researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown that an unusual thin structure of stars, recently...
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NewsThe natural brightness of the night skyA recent study analyses data collected at 44 of the darkest places in the world, including the Canary Island Observatories, to develop the first complete...
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NewsThe nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus2MASS J20395358+4222505 is an obscured early B supergiant near the massive OB star association Cyg OB2. Despite its bright infrared magnitude (Ks= 5.82) it has...
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NewsThe new IATec building is inaugurated in La LagunaA building for technological cooperation with companies, with over 4,000 square metres of room available for companies who want to pursue R+D+I jointly with the...
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NewsThe only known white dwarf orbited by planetary fragments has been analyzedThe study, led by Paula Izquierdo, a doctoral student at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL), has gone deeply...