The small fraction of dark matter in the galaxy NGC1052-DF4 has worried the astronomical community for several years. Now a team of researchers from the...
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NewsA mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been found
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NewsA nascent star illuminated by its "neighbours"PHOTONEWS
The above image has been chosen as 'image of the month' by the Hubble Heritage Project and 'image of the week' by the European Space Agency (ESA). It shows the...
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NewsA near-pristine star found to be binary
The nearly primordial origin of an ancient star of the Milky Way confirmed by an international team of researchers thanks to the ESPRESSO spectrograph. Stars...
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NewsA new algorithm that simulates the intergalactic medium of the Universe in seconds is developed
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has led the development of a new numerical procedure that allows to reproduce in a few seconds with Big Data and...
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NewsA new chapter in the series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”
To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we publish the fourth chapter in the audiovisual series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling...
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NewsA new connection between supermassive black holes and galaxies in which they reside
A fundamental connection between supermassive black holes - the most massive singular objects in our Universe - and the galaxies at whose centers these objects...
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NewsA new explanation for the high temperatures of the solar corona
An international scientific team, including researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL), have...
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NewsA new eye on the infrared sky
The Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) and the University of Florida present CIRCE, a new instrument for the observation of distant outer space
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NewsA new look at the nature of dark matter
A new study suggests that the gravitational waves detected by the LIGO experiment must have come from black holes generated during the collapse of stars, and...