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14/06/2023
The exoplanet LP 890-9 c, a laboratory to distinguish distant twins of Venus and Earth The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the development of a 3D global climate model of the extrasolar planet LP 890-9 c. These models are essential to analyze exoplanets similar to Earth, as well as to study their evolution |
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07/06/2023
The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) grants the IAA-CSIC funding for four outreach projects The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) obtains a total of 122,000 euros in the Call for the promotion of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Culture 2022. The projects are committed to innovative and multidisciplinary formats, and include video, theater, improvisation and street outreach proposals |
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31/05/2023
The sky of the Granada Geopark, threatened by light pollution A study, developed by the Sky Quality Office of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), reveals a deterioration of the Geopark sky, as well as the need to implement measures to preserve night darkness |
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17/05/2023
The first radio detection of a type Ia supernova sheds light, after decades of debate, on the origin of these explosions These bursts, which show a similar luminosity in almost all cases, are used to measure distances in the universe or to study dark energy. The study, in which the Institute de Astrophysics de Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates, shows that the explosion occurred in a double star system in which a white dwarf stole material from its solar-type companion |
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17/05/2023
A terrestrial-type planet found that could be covered with volcanoes The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is participating in the discovery of a third planet around the nearby star LP791-18. Slightly larger than our own, its gravitational interaction with the most massive planet in the system could generate intense volcanic activity |
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26/04/2023
Astronomers image for the first time a black hole’s shadow together with a powerful jet The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in obtaining an unprecedented panoramic view, which shows for the first time the black hole and the jet of matter that emerges from it. The data reveals that the black hole in the galaxy M87, the first to be imaged, consumes matter at a very low rate. |
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11/04/2023
JUICE mission takes off to Jupiter JUICE, the European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study the icy moons of Jupiter, will be launched tomorrow 13 April from the Kourou Spaceport (French Guiana). The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is participating in two of the mission's instruments, the GALA laser altimeter and the JANUS camera |
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05/04/2023
Spain joins the SKA Observatory to participate in the construction of the largest radioastronomy facility on the planet The Spanish contribution to the project, which amounts to 41.4 million euros until 2030, will allow Spanish companies to participate in contracts of high technological value for the construction of this scientific infrastructure. The Institute de Astrophysics de Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is responsible for the technical coordination of the Spanish participation in the project |
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30/03/2023
Cosmic stream found that shows how galaxies form The Institute de Astrophysics de Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is participating in the discovery of a gas stream feeding a distant, massive galaxy, which points to the existence of a large-scale material supply network in the universe |
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22/03/2023
A new planetary system composed of a super-Earth and a mini-Neptune, key to understanding how planets form The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) leads the discovery of TOI-2096, a unique planetary system |
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16/03/2023
The visit to the IAA-CSIC of its External Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB) is over On March 14 and 16, the External Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB), composed of internationally recognized researchers, visited the IAA-CSIC facilities to review the activities of the IAA and to provide advice on future actions. |
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14/03/2023
Climate change will increase forest fires caused by thunderstorm lightning strikes The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is leading a study that concludes that lightning could increase by 40% before the end of this century. The study points to a large increase in forest fires in the Mediterranean basin, as well as in the central and west coast of North America |
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07/03/2023
The brightest and most distant quasars, both young and old, show powerful galactic winds The Institute de Astrophysics de Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) leads the study of twenty-two very luminous and distant quasars that completes our knowledge of the diversity of these objects |
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01/03/2023
The impact of the DART mission excavated more than five million kilos of material from the asteroid Dimorphos The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is participating in the study of the material ejected by the impact, which altered the asteroid's orbit around its companion Didymos and produced a crater. The slower material was pushed in an anti-solar direction (almost opposite to the impact) by solar radiation pressure to form a tail, and the faster material showed complex interactions with the asteroid pair |
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22/02/2023
CARMENES instrument multiplies the number of known planets in the solar neighborhood Twenty thousand observations of CARMENES, obtained from the 3.5-meter telescope of the Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA) are made public. The instrument, co-developed by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), has made it possible to discover 59 planets, some of them in the habitable zone |
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14/02/2023
The IAA-CSIC completes the first network of robotic telescopes present on the five continents Spain becomes the first country in the world to lead a global network of autonomous observatories. The BOOTES network, with seven facilities, is a pioneer in space surveillance and the study of transient cosmic phenomena, which shine briefly, intensely and suddenly. |
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08/02/2023
The trans-Neptunian object Quaoar shows a ring that questions a theory used since 1850 The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the discovery of a dense ring in this object that, with a size equivalent to half of Pluto, raises several problems |
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01/02/2023
Unexpected tails of gas and stars seen in two Hydra Cluster galaxies The IAA-CSIC leads the study of NGC 3312 and NGC3314a, two galaxies in advanced interaction with the cluster that should have lost most of their gas. The work, which seeks to understand how the environment affects galaxies within a cluster, reveals tidal tails with an anomalous amount of cold gas where stars are even forming |
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25/01/2023
James Webb telescope observes the rings of Chariklo with a high-precision occultation technique The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is leading an observation campaign with the JWST to capture the shadows of starlight produced by the thin rings of the object, located beyond Saturn. Subsequent observations revealed that crystalline water ice dominates the spectrum of Chariklo and its rings, suggesting that continuous micro-collisions are taking place there |
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09/01/2023
The IAA-CSIC participates in two of the new surveys of the JAST80 telescope of the Javalambre Astronomical Observatory The last phases of stars and the formation and evolution of massive stars will be the objects of study of these new legacy projects |
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15/12/2022
ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two exo-Earths in the habitable zone of a star close to the Sun The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the discovery of a multiple planetary system around GJ1002 |
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14/12/2022
The James Webb Telescope reveals that four to five stars were involved in the formation of the Southern Ring nebula The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in a study that points to the interaction of a multiple star system in the formation of the nebula, which was featured on the cover of the journal Nature Astronomy |
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13/12/2022
WEAVE first light The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the WEAVE scientific team, whose first observations already show the high quality of the data that the spectrograph will provide |
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07/12/2022
A stellar collision that shone for almost a minute complicates the stellar explosion scenario The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the study of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) whose characteristics require a revision of the theoretical framework that explains these bursts |
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30/11/2022
Detected a jet of matter emerging from a supermassive black hole as it devours a star The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in two articles that analyse this very rarely observed phenomenon |
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23/11/2022
Determined how particle acceleration occurs in the jets of a supermassive black hole The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in a study that suggests that shock waves could be at the origin of the acceleration of particles in the jets |
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08/11/2022
The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) has been awarded the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence distinction for the second time The distinction, which provides centres with one million euros per year for four years, aims to finance and accredit institutions that demonstrate impact and leadership at an international level |
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03/11/2022
The IAA-CSIC participates in ARRAKIHS, the European Space Agency's mission to study dark matter This is the first mission of the ESA Scientific Program coordinated by Spain. The IAA-CSIC will carry out the coordination of the observational strategy of the mission |
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26/10/2022
The construction of TARSIS, the next generation instrument for the Calar Alto 3.5-metre telescope, has started TARSIS has unique features, in particular its ability to detect light in the near ultraviolet and its unprecedented field of view |
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13/10/2022
IAA Severo Ochoa Meeting: Addressing Key Astrophysical Questions from Granada The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) organizes a meeting with specialists from all over the world on the most current problems in astrophysics |
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10/10/2022
Study points to the existence of stars as compact as black holes The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is leading a theoretical study that shows that some of the objects classified as black holes could actually be ultra-compact stars |
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06/10/2022
The astronomy of the future will be collaborative, multi-wave, more diverse and green The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) hosted yesterday a round table with the heads of three of the largest astronomical infrastructures on Earth: the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) and the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO). The nature of these facilities, which will open new windows on the cosmos in gamma-ray, optical and near-infrared and radio astronomy, involves... |
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20/09/2022
The largest European meeting on planetary sciences is held in Granada More than a thousand specialists participate in the congress, organized locally by members of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) and held at the Palacio de Congresos. This great meeting has allowed the organization, at the IAA-CSIC, of a meeting with representatives of the European and American space agencies (ESA and NASA) on the JUICE (ESA) and Clipper (NASA) space missions |
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08/09/2022
Study reveals that water worlds may be more common than expected The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) leads a study that finds evidence for the existence of abundant extrasolar planets composed of ice and rock around dwarf stars |
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25/08/2022
First look at the prolific stellar factory at the center of the Milky Way A study, part of the GALACTICNUCLEUS project, coordinated by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), reveals the history of star formation in the center of our galaxy |
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07/07/2022
Possible galactic fossil found near Andromeda An unusual ultrafaint dwarf galaxy has been discovered, within the framework of a project led by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), in the outer limits of the Andromeda galaxy. Named Pegasus V, it contains very few heavy elements and is likely to be a fossil of the earliest galaxies |
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21/06/2022
The best studied terrestrial planet outside the Solar System An international scientific team, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), has measured with unprecedented precision the mass and radius of Gliese 486 b, a "super-Earth" type exoplanet, discovered in 2021 with the CARMENES instrument at Calar Alto observatory. |
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15/06/2022
Two hot, rocky exoplanets detected transiting a nearby star An international team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) has detected two telluric planets orbiting the nearby star HD 260655. |
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10/06/2022
Diana Morant visits the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia The Minister of Science and Innovation has highlighted the contribution of her research staff in capturing the first historic image of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy |
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06/06/2022
Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro, researcher at IAA-CSIC, wins the Ada Byron Award from the University of Deusto The Ada Byron Award, with editions in six countries, was created by the Faculty of Engineering to acknowledge the work of women in technology and encourage women in STEM. |
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25/05/2022
An isolated dwarf galaxy, unexpectedly affected by its environment The finding, with the participation of the IAA-CSIC, forces a change in the conception of isolated galaxies |
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25/05/2022
The Ministry of Science and Innovation has earmarked 2.5 million euros for the international Square Kilometre Array radiotelescope The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will enable progress to be made in the search for signs of life in the galaxy and in the observation of pulsars, black holes and gravitational waves. The technical coordination of the Spanish participation in the project is carried out by the Institute de Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) |
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25/05/2022
Westerlund 1 cluster: a nursery of giant stars emerging from the darkness The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the study of the most massive young cluster of stars in the Milky Way. This stellar swarm brings together different types of giant stars in different evolutionary phases, and constitutes a first-class laboratory for the study of the formation and evolution of massive stars |
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24/05/2022
TARSIS, the next generation instrument for the Calar Alto 3.5-meter telescope UCM and IAA-CSIC co-lead TARSIS, the future instrument for the 3.5 m telescope at Calar Alto. TARSIS has unique characteristics, in particular its capacity to detect near ultraviolet light and its unprecedented field of view |
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18/05/2022
IAA-CSIC engineer Francisco Bailén wins the 2021 award for the best thesis from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Each year the award recognizes excellence in research in astrophysics |
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12/05/2022
Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy This object, called Sagittarius A*, four million times more massive than the Sun, has been captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) international project. The finding, which has the outstanding participation of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), confirms the existence of the black hole and helps to understand these gravitational 'monsters' from which nothing can escape, not even light. The image shows the dark... |
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03/05/2022
The European Solar Telescope will boost research on the Sun in Europe The new infrastructure, which will be presented at an event at the CSIC, will have a mirror with a diameter of 4.2 meters and a height of 44 metres, and will be the largest solar telescope in Europe. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024 at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, on the island of La Palma, and it could be operational in 2029 |
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27/04/2022
An atlas of active galaxies shows that outflows are common even in the most dormant galaxies The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) studies in depth a sample of LINERs, the least luminous type of active galaxy, and finds that half of them produce gas outflows |
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14/04/2022
MAGIC telescopes detect the explosion of a "vampire" star The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the discovery of very high-energy gamma rays from a recurrent nova in the Milky Way. The result, published today in Nature Astronomy, identifies novae as a new type of very high-energy gamma-ray source |
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07/04/2022
Nkalakatha megamasser found, revealing a large galaxy collision The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the discovery of the radio emission produced by a galactic collision |