The images, captured by the Solar Orbiter mission and released this week, show the south pole of our star for the first time. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) co-leads the mission’s largest scientific instrument (SO/PHI), which was key to this pioneering observation
The work is led by Enrique Pérez Montero, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), who, after losing his sight in the course of his scientific career, studies the intricacies of the cosmos through sound
The research focuses on the use of the infrared range to study active galaxy nucleus, considered among the most energetic objects in the universe.
The contract is part of the National Space Surveillance and Tracking Programme (S3T) and the European Space Situational Awareness Programme (SSA) of the European Space Agency (ESA)
The project aims to design a cooperative system to optimise astronomical observation for space surveillance and monitoring
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) participated in the discovery through key observations with the 1.5-meter telescope at the Sierra Nevada Observatory (OSN), which confirmed the existence of the giant planet
The finding contradicts current theories on the formation of giant planets and opens a promising path for future research
The study, which reports the first detection of X-ray emission from a long-period radio transient, involves the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC)
The finding, made possible by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope, may shed new light on the origin of similar mysterious signals observed elsewhere in the sky
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) co-leads a study exploring the connection between the presence of a planet around a star and the star’s properties
The study, focused on intermediate-mass stars, has revealed particularly significant results compared to what is already known about low-mass stars
Data from three instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope offer fresh insights into Titan’s atmosphere and chemistry—among the most complex and stable in the solar system
One of the study’s key findings, involving participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), is the first direct detection of the methyl radical (CH₃) in Titan’s atmosphere, confirming major predictions about the moon’s rich organic chemistry
The research, headed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), solves a longstanding mystery about the particles responsible for X-ray emission in blazars
IXPE, the joint mission of NASA and the Italian Space Agency, along with the Sierra Nevada Observatory, played a key role in obtaining the data that enabled identification of the mechanism behind this extreme phenomenon
Two studies co-led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) have examined the center of our galaxy with unprecedented detail, thanks to observations from the James Webb Space Telescope
The findings could help clarify why star formation in one of the innermost regions of the Milky Way is surprisingly low despite having conditions that should favor this process
A study co-led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) reveals deviations from established models of the jets formed in supermassive black holes
The finding is based on observations from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), whose high resolution has allowed for an unprecedented analysis of jets at close distances from supermassive black holes in the active cores of certain galaxies
