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15/04/2019
Hurricane winds in Titan's high atmosphere Titan, one of Saturn's largest moons, is the only satellite in the Solar System with a complex atmosphere, resembling the primitive Earth. Very strong and confined winds have been detected in the high atmosphere of the satellite, where it seemed to be not enough energy to trigger such fast winds |
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10/04/2019
First results from the ExoMars misión: absence of methane on Mars and variations in water vapor due to dust storms After a year in orbit around Mars, the TGO orbiter of the ExoMars mission (ESA-Roscosmos) reveals a surprising absence of methane and a relationship between dust storms and atmospheric water vapor. The results, published in Nature, were obtained with the ACS and NOMAD instruments. Researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participate in the results, as well as in the scientific team that developed NOMAD |
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10/04/2019
The Governing Council of Junta de Andalucía authorizes its Administration to endorse the Hispano-German Astronomical Center (CAHA) El Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía autoriza a la Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad, en su sesión de 9 de abril de 2019, la adhesión de la Administración de la Junta de Andalucía a la Agrupación de Interés Económico del Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto (CAHA) en Almería. Esta decisión concluye con los requerimientos necesarios para poder efectuar la firma del correspondiente convenio |
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10/04/2019
Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole Spanish astronomers from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), the National Geographic Institute, the Millimeter Radioastronomy Institute and the University of Valencia have participated in this work. This international study assumes a paradigm shift in observations of the supermassive black hole located in the center of the Messier 87 galaxy |
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21/02/2019
A jet detected from the merging of two neutron stars The merging of the two stars, which occurred in August 2017, expelled a large amount of material that has been observed so far by radiotelescopes on five continents |
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12/02/2019
First formal meeting between the Minister Pedro Duque and the alliance of Severo Ochoa centres and María de Maeztu units, SOMMa The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) obtainted in 2018 the distinction Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa |
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07/02/2019
International Day of Women and Girls in Science The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia joins the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which seeks to make visible the scientific work of women and promote vocations in girls |
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16/01/2019
Observations of a rare hypernova complete the picture of the death of the most massive stars A work, lead by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) and published in Nature, studies in detail the death of a massive star that produced a gamma-ray burst (GRB) and a hypernova |
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06/12/2018
The "planet-hunter" CARMENES studies evaporating atmospheres and water vapor beyond the Solar System Three studies with the infrared channel of the CARMENES instrument, developed at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), are published in the journals "Science" and "Astronomy & Astrophysics". CARMENES opens a door to the study from the ground of the composition of exoplanetary atmospheres, their escape processes and their clouds and aerosols |
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27/11/2018
A new instrument for studying galaxies in the local universe from Calar Alto LUCA is proposed as a new generation instrument for the 3.5 meter telescope of the Calar Alto Observatory (Almería, CAHA). The project, conceived in the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), has been selected by the advisory committee of the observatory for the funding of the feasibility study, which is managed by the University of Almeria (UAL) |
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20/11/2018
ESCAPE: Open Science and new paths in the knowledge of the cosmos at all scales ESCAPE project encompasses some of the world's largest scientific infrastructures in astronomy and particle physics, for the development of a single digital platform for the open use of data. Funded with sixteen million euros by the European Union through the Horizon 2020 program, it represents a unique effort towards Open Science. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the project, for its key role in the... |
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19/11/2018
The complex dynamics of the miniature ring systems of the Solar System The finding of rings around Solar System bodies that are not planets, such as the dwarf planet Haumea or the centaur Chariklo, showed that these are more common structures than previously thought. A work, in which the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates, analyzes the complex dynamics of these miniature rings |
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16/11/2018
The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) obtains the distinction Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa The objective of the program is to finance and accredit research centers that demonstrate international impact and leadership |
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14/11/2018
Super-Earth discovered around the second nearest stellar system An international team of researchers, with the participation of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) finds an exoplanet with three times the mass of the Earth. The exoplanet orbits the red dwarf Barnard, the closest star to the Sun after the Alpha Centauri system. The team has used observations taken in 18 years combined with the CARMENES planet-hunter spectrograph at Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA) |
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31/10/2018
The researcher Mirjana Povic receives the Nature Research for Inspiring Science Award Researcher at the Ethiopian Space Sciences and Technology Institute (ESSTI) and associated doctor at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, she investigates the formation and evolution of galaxies. She works in the development of science and education in Africa, with special attention to the role of women, and has coordinated and participated in projects in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana |
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07/10/2018
Researchers from around the world debate in Granada the latest advances in the observation of the universe in radio The European VLBI Network (EVN), a network of radio telescopes distributed throughout Europe and Asia, with additional antennas in South Africa and Puerto Rico, holds its fourteenth symposium in Granada. Over one hundred and thirty researchers and technologists from around the world will discuss the latest scientific results and technological developments in the field of radio observation |
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20/09/2018
CARMENES instrument gets the first exoplanet detection alerts from TESS (MIT-NASA) mission It is expected that the TESS mission, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and NASA, finds about one thousand five hundred planets around other stars in its two years of operation. CARMENES spectrograph team, located at the Calar Alto Observatory, has begun to receive the alerts in order to confirm and analyze TESS detections |
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06/08/2018
The strange case of HuBi1, an inside-out stellar corpse The physical structure of a planetary nebula resulting from the final evolution of a solar-like star is contrary to that of all other similar sources. A research led by IAA-CSIC concludes it resulted from a born-again event of its central star |
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10/07/2018
An extraordinarily dense region tests the theory of structure formation in the universe A halo of dark matter six times denser than expected has been found around a cluster of galaxies. This finding shows that there must be very effective mechanisms, not considered until now, for the accumulation of matter around the great structures that populate the universe |
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03/07/2018
The atmosphere of Kelt-9b, the hottest known planet, is being dragged towards its star Similar to Jupiter, Kelt-9 is hotter than some stars. Thanks to the CARMENES instrument at Calar Alto Observatory, astronomers detected an extensive hydrogen envelope around Kelt-9b that escapes and is being captured by the star |
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19/06/2018
Spain joins the SKA Organisation SKA is a worldwide scientific and technological project to build the largest radio telescope in the world. The Spanish participation has been led by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) |
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19/06/2018
The star distribution in clusters is established long before stars begin to shine The analysis of the Pipa nebula, a region of very early star formation, has confirmed that the density of the pre-stellar nuclei determines the geometry of the clusters |
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14/06/2018
Astronomers See Distant Eruption as Black Hole Destroys Star First observation of the formation and expansion of a jet of material expelled by a supermassive black hole after destroying a star. The work, led by the University of Turku and the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), is published in the journal Science |
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07/06/2018
The strange objects at the center of our galaxy: clouds of gas that behave like stars They could be stars blowted by the extreme gravity conditions around Sagittarius A *, the supermassive black hole at the galactic center. The results obtained on three of these objects after eleven years of observations with the Keck telescope (Hawaii) have been presented at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) |
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29/05/2018
The IAA, the only Spanish institution involved in JUICE (ESA), finishes the engineering phase of its contribution to the mission JUICE, a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) that will be launched in 2022, will study Jupiter and its moons to analyze the possibilities of the development of life around the gas giant planets. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in two of the instruments of the mission, the GALA laser altimeter and the JANUS camera |
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15/05/2018
Gigantic gas outflow generated by numerous supernova explosions detected in Arp 299-A galaxy Arp 299-A galaxy, which is in the process of merging with another galaxy (Arp299-B), is notable for its intense starbursts and its high rate of supernova production. New observations in radio have allowed to detect a filamentary structure that emanates from the nucleus, which is interpreted as a flow of gas at high speed |
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25/04/2018
A Study Links Night Exposure to Blue Light with Breast and Prostate Cancer Researchers used images taken by astronauts to evaluate outdoor lighting in Madrid and Barcelona |
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03/04/2018
SpaceX Launches ASIM mission (ESA), to study electric discharges in the upper atmosphere from the International Space Station The launch of the mission took place yesterday, April 2 at 22:30 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (USA). The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the analysis of mission data and through ground support with its own instruments |
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26/02/2018
From Mars Express to Exomars: a complete review of the red planet While waiting for the first data from the ExoMars 2016 TGO mission (ESA), international experts on the red planet meet in Madrid to review some current challenges and to prepare for the arrival and scientific exploitation of ExoMars |
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22/02/2018
POLAMI: a project to unravel the secrets of the supermassive black holes at the center of the galaxies Coordinated by the IAA, it brings together more than twenty researchers from five countries and is the first project of its kind: a long term study of the active galactic nuclei in polarized light |
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12/02/2018
Solving the Dark Energy Mystery: A New Assignment for a 45-Year-Old Telescope Kitt Peak National Observatory Prepares for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument |
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30/01/2018
International Day of Women and Girls in Science The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia joins the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which seeks to make visible the scientific work of women and promote vocations in girls |
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03/01/2018
Library of galaxy histories reconstructed from motions of stars The CALIFA survey allows to map the orbits of the stars of a sample of 300 galaxies, a fundamental information to know how they formed and evolved |
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18/12/2017
CARMENES instrument finds its first exoplanet The planet HD 147379 b, with a mass slightly higher than Neptune, orbits a very close star |
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22/11/2017
Artificially lit surfaces on Earth increase more than 2% per year Light pollution, produced mainly by excessive night lighting or incorrect lighting, is an energy waste that endangers human health and ecosystems. Between 2012 and 2016 artificial night lighting has increased by 9.1%, despite the use of more efficient lighting systems |
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20/11/2017
MultiDark-Galaxies: a free access virtual universe An international team of astronomers has created a theoretical model that allows to recreate, in a broad and detailed way, the formation and evolution of the universe. The work provides an unprecedented test bench for new theories about the cosmos |
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16/10/2017
The merging of two neutron stars allows the first simultaneous study in light and gravitational waves This is the fifth detection of gravitational waves, but the first in which the counterpart in electromagnetic waves is located and studied. Researchers at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) take part in several international studies on the phenomenon |
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11/10/2017
Haumea, the most peculiar of Pluto companions, has a ring around it The trans-neptunian belt contains four dwarf planets, among which Haumea stands out for its extremely elongated shape and rapid rotation. A stellar occultation makes it possible to establish main physical characteristics of heretofore this little known body – among which most surprising was presence of a ring |
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04/10/2017
CARMENES instrument proves its ability to find Earth-like planets CARMENES, a visible and infrared spectrograph operating from the Calar Alto observatory (Almeria), is studying a sample of three hundred stars in search of Earth-like planets. The first results of the visible channel, derived from the study of seven planetary systems, show its perfect functioning |
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27/09/2017
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), which will observe the most energetic universe from Chile and La Palma, publishes its scientific objectives With more than a hundred telescopes, the CTA is the largest project of study of the cosmos to high energies conceived. The project, which involves the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), is under construction and will start operating in 2024 |
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14/09/2017
The unprecedented view of an exoplanet´s atmosphere Using the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have detected for the first time the presence of a metal oxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. This discovery opens the doors for detailed study of chemistry in exoplanetary atmospheres |
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14/08/2017
The IAA will lead two of the five most advanced studies on supermassive black holes in 2018 The 66 antennas of the ALMA observatory join the Horizon of Events (EHT) telescope for the study of supermassive black holes. Five observation proposals have been approved for 2018, two of them coordinated by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) |
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21/07/2017
First light for MEGARA instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias The new 3D spectroscopy instrument, in which the IAA-CSIC participates, will make its first observations next Monday |
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20/07/2017
Milky Way could have 100 billion brown dwarfs Brown dwarfs are objects intermediate in mass between stars and planets, with masses too low to sustain stable hydrogen fusion in their core |
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04/07/2017
Improved Representation of Solar Variability in Climate Models New reference data set for model intercomparison studies published |
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20/06/2017
Red Dots: The Live Search for Terrestrial Planets around Proxima Centauri Continues The Red Dots campaign will show how astronomers look for planets around Proxima Centauri, Barnard star and Ross 154 |
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17/05/2017
Levels of light pollution soon to double if color of light is not taken into account Light pollution – produced by an excess of or incorrect nocturnal lighting – doesn’t just waste of energy, it also jeopardizes the health of human beings and ecosystems. Recent study shows importance of color of lighting, which most widely used sensors are blind to |
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06/06/2017
IMaX, an instrument developed in Spain, analyses in detail the behavior of the Sun in full fledged activity IMaX, a magnetograph developed for the Sunrise mission, observed the Sun from a stratospheric balloon above the Arctic. A precursor to SoPHI, which will equip the Solar Orbiter mission, IMaX has made key breakthroughs to understand the magnetic field which determines the behavior of the Sun |
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21/06/2017
Green light to PLATO, ESA's exoearth hunter With this mission Europe will lead the search for potentially habitable exoplanets. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia participates in the project |