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Numerical Simulation of Astrophysical Processes
Numerical simulation through complex computer codes has been a fundamental tool in physics and technology research for decades. The rapid growth of computing...
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NewsObra de referencia en ExoplanetologíaInvestigadores del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias coordinan la edición de “Handbook of Exoplanets”, cuatro volúmenes con 160 artículos de especialistas en...
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ProjectObservational Tests of the Processes of Nucleosynthesis in the UniverseSeveral spectroscopic analyses of stars with planets have recently been carried out. One of the most remarkable results is that planet-harbouring stars are on...
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NewsObserved: an exoplanet where it rains ironNature magazine is publishing today a surprising study about the giant, ultra-hot planet WASP-76b in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
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NewsObserved: an occultation of a brown dwarf by anotherAn international team of astronomers in the project SPECULOOS, dedicated to the search for habitable planets, with scientists participating from the Instituto...
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NewsObservers measure how Andromeda’s central black hole is fedA team of scientists led by the Observatory of Munich University and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias have obtained direct visualization of the process...
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DocumentOccultations. Teaching UnitOccultations. Teaching Unit
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PublishingOccultations. Teaching Unit (pdf, 615kb).Didactic unit aimed at teachers of Astronomy and Natural Sciences Workshop of ESO and Bachillerato with the aim of introducing students in the field of...
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NewsOld stars live longer than we thoughtThe type of stars we refer to, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, officially up to now the objects which have suffered the greatest loss of mass. But the...