A COSMIC DANCE REVEALS

A SYSTEM OF SIX PLANETS

The IAA-CSIC participates in the discovery of a sixfold system with synchronised orbits, whose configuration shows
that it has remained unchanged since its formation more than a billion years ago

M87 GALAXY SHOWS AN OSCILLATING JET

CONNECTED TO A ROTATING BLACK HOLE

The IAA-CSIC participates in the 23-year follow-up of the central supermassive black hole of the galaxy M87. The study
reveals that the jet emerging from the centre oscillates, which in turn provides the first evidence of rotation of a supermassive black hole

FIRS DETAILED IMAGE OF A RADIATION BELT

OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM

It has been detected around a brown dwarf, a type of cold, low-mass substar.
Published in Science, the image evokes the well-known belts of the Earth and Jupiter and reveals a magnetic field
ten times greater than that of Jupiter, as well as intense polar auroras

THE IAA-CSIC PREPARES FOR GROUNDBREAKING

CLIMATE RESEARCH FROM SPACE

The CAIRT mission, in whose scientific design the IAA-CSIC has participated, is among the two proposals selected
by the European Space Agency (ESA) to move on to Phase A of the Earth Explorer 11 programme

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At around 2:15 in the early hours of 12 December, the asteroid Leona will pass in front of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, a very unusual event that will be visible to the naked eye. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) has organised a campaign to observe the phenomenon, which will make it possible to study both the asteroid and the star's atmosphere

On the night of 11-12 December, the star Betelgeuse will disappear... for...

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On the night of 11-12 December, the star Betelgeuse will disappear... for a few seconds

During the night of December 11-12, 2023, the asteroid Leona will pass in front of the star Betelgeuse, a very rare event known as stellar occultation. The phenomenon, during which we will see Betelgeuse disappear for a few seconds, will be visible along a strip in southern Spain, from Murcia to Huelva. It will offer a unique opportunity to study both objects, and the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) has organized an observation campaign with mobile telescopes to obtain as much data as possible.
05/12/2023

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The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the discovery of a sixfold system with synchronised orbits, whose configuration shows that it has remained unchanged since its formation more than a billion years ago. The result has been possible thanks to an international collaboration with data from the CHEOPS (ESA) and TESS (NASA) satellites, as well as from the CARMENES instrument at Calar Alto Observatory

A cosmic dance reveals a system of six planets

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A cosmic dance reveals a system of six planets

An international scientific team, with the participation of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), publishes today in Nature the discovery of a system of six planets orbiting HD110067, a Sun-like star. It is the brightest known system with more than four planets, which is unique because all its members orbit the star in synchronised orbits, or in resonance, something that is rarely observed and which is an indication that the system maintains the same configuration as when it formed billions of years ago.
29/11/2023

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The CAIRT mission, in whose scientific design the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) has participated, is among the two proposals selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to move on to Phase A of the Earth Explorer 11 programme. CAIRT aims to study how the Earth's atmosphere reacts to climate change

The IAA-CSIC prepares for groundbreaking climate research from space

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The IAA-CSIC prepares for groundbreaking climate research from space

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the CAIRT project, developed by a scientific group led by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and involving the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), as one of the two final candidates for the Earth Explorer 11 mission, to be launched in 2032. The final decision on its implementation will be taken in 2025.
23/11/2023

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Together with two other CSIC centres, it has contributed its experience in big data to tackle one of the remains of the future observatory, which will investigate the phase of the Universe in which stars were formed. The SKA Observatory, the largest scientific infrastructure planned to date, is an international effort to build the world's most powerful radio telescopes

The IAA-CSIC tackles the computational challenge of the SKA Observatory to...

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The IAA-CSIC tackles the computational challenge of the SKA Observatory to study the birth of the first stars

When completed, the SKAO telescopes will surpass in sensitivity and observing speed the best radio astronomy facilities available today. SKAO will produce data that will require new methods of analysis, and to prepare the astronomical community for its novel nature, the SKA Data Challenges, a series of exercises with simulated data from the SKAO telescopes, are being held.
21/11/2023

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The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), through its Sky Quality Office, organizes this meeting in collaboration with the Spanish Light Pollution Network. The event will bring together more than fifty light pollution experts from different European countries in Granada

Granada hosts an international meeting to address the problem of light...

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Granada hosts an international meeting to address the problem of light pollution as part of the Spanish presidency of the EU

Light pollution, which originates from the inappropriate use of artificial light, is an environmental problem with a direct impact on the balance of ecosystems, on astronomical observations and on our health. It is also a huge waste of energy and limits the experience of enjoying the starry skies. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), through its Sky Quality Office, hosts this week an international meeting to address this problem within the agenda of meetings of the Ministry of Science and Innovation that are part of the presidency Spanish EU.
13/11/2023

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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has published new results that describe for the first time how light from the edge of the supermassive black hole M87* spirals as it escapes the black hole’s intense gravity, a signature known as circular polarization

A supermassive black hole’s strong magnetic fields are revealed in a new...

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A supermassive black hole’s strong magnetic fields are revealed in a new light

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has published new results that describe for the first time how light from the edge of the supermassive black hole M87* spirals as it escapes the black hole’s intense gravity, a signature known as circular polarization. The way light’s electric field prefers to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise as it travels carries information about the magnetic field and types of high-energy particles around the black hole.
08/11/2023

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Reunión técnica del consorcio ANDES para el progreso en el diseño de los espectrografos UBV y RIZ de ANDES/ELT

ANDES technical meeting

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ANDES technical meeting

Reunión técnica del consorcio ANDES para el progreso en el diseño de los espectrografos UBV y RIZ de ANDES/ELT
Granada
24/10/2023 to 25/10/2023

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ASTROALIGN is a python module that can serve to align two astronomical images. It determines the solution by finding similar 3-point asterisms (triangles) in both images and estimating the affine transformation between them. ASTROALIGN is particularly useful when there is no WCS information available or when the images to be aligned have been taken at different wavelengths and initial “by eye” alignment is very challenging. In this 1h workshop I will impart a brief introduction into the capabilities of ASTROALIGN and how to use it.

PySnacks 5: ASTROALIGN

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PySnacks 5: ASTROALIGN

ASTROALIGN is a python module that can serve to align two astronomical images. It determines the solution by finding similar 3-point asterisms (triangles) in both images and estimating the affine transformation between them. ASTROALIGN is particularly useful when there is no WCS information available or when the images to be aligned have been taken at different wavelengths and initial “by eye” alignment is very challenging. In this 1h workshop I will impart a brief introduction into the capabilities of ASTROALIGN and how to use it.
On line
14/10/2023

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It will observe hundreds of millions of galaxies from the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory in order to understand the accelerating expansion of the Universe.

J-PAS: largest mapping of the cosmos begins

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J-PAS: largest mapping of the cosmos begins

The Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory (OAJ) has just taken the first data from the J-PAS project (Javalambre Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey), a large and unprecedented three-dimensional mapping of the cosmos that is planned to be carried out over the course of this decade.

It will observe thousands of square degrees of sky with hundreds of millions of galaxies and stars, with the ultimate goal of advancing our understanding of the nature of dark energy by studying the large-scale structure of the universe.
18/10/2023

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The IAA-CSIC Severo Ochoa Advanced School on Star Formation will be held in Granada, from Monday, November 27th, to Friday, December 1st, 2023. It is directed at researchers of all levels who have a special interest in star formation. This school will include an overview of basic concepts, but aims to go beyond textbook knowledge by providing insight into the current frontiers of research and will have a strongly interactive aspect with ample room for questions and discussions. Lectures will be short 'flash lectures’, no longer than 30 min, followed by questions and discussions.

Severo Ochoa Advanced School on Star Formation

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Severo Ochoa Advanced School on Star Formation

The IAA-CSIC Severo Ochoa Advanced School on Star Formation will be held in Granada, from Monday, November 27th, to Friday, December 1st, 2023. It is directed at researchers of all levels who have a special interest in star formation. This school will include an overview of basic concepts, but aims to go beyond textbook knowledge by providing insight into the current frontiers of research and will have a strongly interactive aspect with ample room for questions and discussions. Lectures will be short 'flash lectures’, no longer than 30 min, followed by questions and discussions.
Granada
27/11/2023 to 01/12/2023

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Deep learning (DL) is a family of techniques widely used in multiple fields with excellent results. Unfortunately, due to its steep learning curve, its use is not as extended as desirable. Several domain-specific libraries have been developed to facilitate the use of these DL models with modest success. For the widespread adoption of these techniques, researchers should be able to design and use their own DL models. Image classification is one of the main problems in astrophysics.

Severo Ochoa Basics of Neural Networks 2023

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Severo Ochoa Basics of Neural Networks 2023

Deep learning (DL) is a family of techniques widely used in multiple fields with excellent results. Unfortunately, due to its steep learning curve, its use is not as extended as desirable. Several domain-specific libraries have been developed to facilitate the use of these DL models with modest success. For the widespread adoption of these techniques, researchers should be able to design and use their own DL models. Image classification is one of the main problems in astrophysics.
Granada
16/11/2023 to 17/11/2023

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The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the 23-year follow-up of the central supermassive black hole of the galaxy M87. The study reveals that the jet emerging from the centre oscillates, which in turn provides the first evidence of rotation of a supermassive black hole

Two decades of observing galaxy M87 show an oscillating jet connected to a...

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Two decades of observing galaxy M87 show an oscillating jet connected to a rotating black hole

An international scientific team, with the participation of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), has analysed 23 years of data from the centre of the galaxy M87, home to a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. The results, published in Nature, reveal that the jet emerging from the black hole at very high speed oscillates up and down with an amplitude of about ten degrees, which in turn confirms that the black hole is rotating.
27/09/2023

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Omaira Gonzalez Martin has received the award "Distinción de la UNAM para...

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Omaira Gonzalez Martin has received the award "Distinción de la UNAM para Jóvenes Académicos" 2021

15/11/2021

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Juan de Dalmau, president of the International Space University and former director of Ariane rocket launch operations in French Guiana, will answer frequently asked questions about space exploration.

What have we missed in extraterrestrial space?

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What have we missed in extraterrestrial space?

Humans have always looked to space with curiosity, fascination and sometimes fear. Many of us have thought about whether or not we would dare to take a trip outside the atmosphere, and we may even think that before spending so much money on sending astronauts, there are other problems to solve here on Earth.

Juan de Dalmau, president of the International Space University and former director of Ariane rocket launch operations in French Guiana, has also asked himself these questions and will try to give some answers to questions such as:

Juan de Dalmau
24/06/2021 - 19:30

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In the book "Chance and Necessity", published in 1970, Monod examines the philosophical implications of modern biology.

Biology and philosophy. 50 years of Jacques Monod's "Chance and Necessity".

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Biology and philosophy. 50 years of Jacques Monod's "Chance and Necessity".

Josep Casadesús
27/05/2021 - 19:00

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The history of science in Spain has never been a subject that has been valued in its fair measure, even by Spanish scientists themselves today. In this talk we will focus on the figure of Azarquiel, representative of medieval science.

Azarquiel, the chiseler of ideas

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Azarquiel, the chiseler of ideas

The history of science in Spain has never been a subject that has been valued in its fair measure, even by Spanish scientists themselves today. In this talk we will focus on the figure of Azarquiel, a representative of medieval science who, in the opinion of the speaker, is the greatest Spanish astronomer of all time. The aim of rescuing this and other forgotten scientists is to settle, even if only partially, the historical debt we owe them.

Antonio Claret
29/04/2021 - 19:00

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The volume includes 77 short articles on current research topics about the Sun, written in a plain language by scientists from 30 European research institutions and universities.

#TheScienceOfEST series is now available as a book!

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#TheScienceOfEST series is now available as a book!

#TheScienceOfEST series is now available as a book!

The volume includes 77 short articles on current research topics about the Sun, written in a plain language by scientists from 30 European research institutions and universities.
15/06/2020

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The mirror of the SUNRISE mission gets ready at Calar Alto

The mirror of the SUNRISE mission gets ready at Calar Alto

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The mirror of the SUNRISE mission, which will study the Sun from a stratospheric balloon, gets ready at Calar Alto

SUNRISE, a mission designed to study the Sun’s magnetic field from a stratospheric balloon, faces its third flight after its successful trips flying over the Arctic in 2009 and 2013. The instrumentation was recovered in both occasions, and now the mission team focuses on the preparation of the next phase, which will take place in 2021. In late September, the aluminizing of the SUNRISE telescope mirror took place at Calar Alto, a service offered by the observatory that permits to preserve the optimal conditions for observations.
06/10/2019

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Take a taxi to the IAA or your hotel directly. There are some buses from the aiport to Granada, but they are not syncronous with the planes...

At the train station, ask for Av. de la Constitución and get on bus LAC to Palacio de Congresos. Get off Palacio de Congresos stop and change to bus S2, direction to Villa Argaz. This bus has a stop very close to the IAA, only a few meters.

At the bus station, get on bus SN2 to Palacio de Congresos. Get off at the bus stop Tierno Galván - Palacio de Congresos and change to bus S2 to Villa Argaz. The S2 route passes in front of the IAA. Get off at the first stop of Camino Bajo de Huétor Street, then walk for a few seconds and you'll be here.