Scope: SO Research

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    Primeros resultados científicos de CARMENES
    Este instrumento, en el que el IAC participa en su diseño y construcción, así como en el grupo científico, ha estudiado una muestra de trescientas estrellas en...
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    Reconstructing the history of the Milky Way and probing the dark matter nature in WEAVE and LSST era
    At present, our understanding of the formation history of the MW is limited due to the complexity of observing the imprints of accretion events and of...
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    Red nuggets at the center of nearby galaxies
    The “Lambda Cold Dark Matter” (CDM) cosmological model is the current theory credited for reproducing the physics responsible for the formation and evolution of...
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    Researchers discover a system with three Earth-sized planets
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Oviedo present today the discovery of two new planetary systems, one of them hosting three...
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    Rough, dense with boulders and low albedo surface of Bennu revealed through images of NASA OSIRIS-REx mission
    The first results on the analysis of the images of Bennu obtained using OCAMS, OVIRS, and OTES instruments on-board NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have been...
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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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    Solved the mystery of the distribution of oxygen in outer areas of the Milky Way
    A 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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    Solving the enigma of the brightest planetary nebulae
    Planetary 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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    Stars rich in phosphorus: seeds of life in the universe
    The 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...