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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

Each year the award recognizes excellence in research in astrophysics

***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 central region surrounded by a bright ring-shaped structure, where light is bent by the black hole's powerful gravity***

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

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

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

The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the discovery of the radio emission produced by a galactic collision

The Hubble space telescope sets a new record by capturing the light from a star that shone in the first billion years after the Big Bang. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is involved in the discovery, which provides a detailed view of the dawn of the universe

The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the X-ray analysis of R Aquarii, a double star formed by a red giant star and a white dwarf. The system shows a very complex morphology, with a bipolar S-shaped jet emerging from the white dwarf and an extensive nebula with filaments and cavities

The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the study with the ALMA radiotelescope (Chile) of comet C/2014 UN271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein, which determined its size and albedo, or surface reflectivity. With 137 kilometres, it is the largest known comet, and perhaps one of the most pristine

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