The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has led the development of a new numerical procedure that allows to reproduce in a few seconds with Big Data and...
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NewsA new algorithm that simulates the intergalactic medium of the Universe in seconds is developed
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NewsA new stellar site for the formation of very heavy elements
The recently discovered phosphorus-rich stars pose a challenge to stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis (that is, the formation of chemical elements in stellar...
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NewsA new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
In recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them. These stars have effective surface temperatures...
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NewsA nonlinear damping mechanism for waves in the solar corona
The solar coronal heating problem originated almost 80 years ago and remains unsolved. A plausible explanation lies in mechanisms based on magnetic wave energy...
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NewsA planet in the process of formation found round the nearby young star AU Mic
An international team of scientists, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered a planet of the size of Neptune...
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NewsA primitive stellar structure helps us to unravel the earliest phases of the Milky Way
Just as archaeology examines the ground with great care to find valuable objects which helps us to get to know ancient civilizations, astronomers look at the...
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NewsA study of the whole Sun
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Synergy Grants” to a team led by Fernando Moreno Insertis, researcher at the...
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NewsA study offers new prospects for finding life outside the Earth
An international team of astronomers, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, has found an exoplanetary system formed by...
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NewsA study shows that “water worlds” could be as common as Earths
Research led by the University of Chicago and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown the existence of exoplanets with water and rock around...