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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...
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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...
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NewsSucessful test of new technology which should help to discover “other Earths”A scientific team, led by the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, with participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, confirms the high...
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NewsSupermassive black holes change the central regions of galaxiesCristina Ramos Almeida, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has led research which used data from the ALMA telescope in Chile to...
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TalkTango for three and ballet for thirty: the interaction of the Milky Way with its satellitesI discuss the dynamical interactions between the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies, focusing on the closest and most massive satellites - the Large...
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NewsTellurium is detected in one of its places of originAn international team led by a PhD student from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) has identified the emission...
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NewsTemperature inhomogeneities cause the abundance discrepancy in H II regionsH II regions are ionized nebulae associated with the formation of massive stars. They exhibit a wealth of emission lines in their spectra that form the basis...
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NewsTESS satellite dates an ancient collision with our galaxyEarlier this year, a team of astrophysicists has revealed new insights on an ancient collision that our galaxy the Milky Way underwent with another smaller...