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Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
An international team of astronomers, in which IAC researchers participate, have discovered barium, the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere...
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PublicationHigh-resolution Emission Spectroscopy of the Ultrahot Jupiter KELT-9b: Little Variation in Day- and Nightside Emission Line ContrastsThe transmission spectrum of the ultrahot Jupiter KELT-9b (T eq ~ 4000 K) exhibits absorption by several metal species. We searched for atomic and molecular...
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PublicationHigh-resolution Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of a Temperate Sub-NeptuneThe study of temperate sub-Neptunes is the new frontier in exoplanetary science. A major development in the past year has been the first detection of carbon...
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TalkHunting exoplanets with the ESPRESSO spectrographThe search for extrasolar planets is one of the fastest-growing fields of astronomy. This rapid growth was both made possible by the development of...
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PublicationHyades Member K2-136c: The Smallest Planet in an Open Cluster with a Precisely Measured MassK2-136 is a late-K dwarf (0.742 ± 0.039 M ⊙) in the Hyades open cluster with three known, transiting planets and an age of 650 ± 70 Myr. Analyzing K2 photometry...
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NewsIAC discovers a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarfAn international team, led by a student from Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has detected a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of GJ 3998, a...
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NewsIAC doctoral students tackle galactic archaeology and research into ‘other worlds’ at the Museum of Science and the CosmosThe Museum of Science and the Cosmos (MCC), part of the Autonomous Organization of Museums and Centers of the Cabildo of Tenerife, will host the second session...
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PublicationIdentification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets with JWSTJWST has ushered in an era of unprecedented ability to characterize exoplanetary atmospheres. While there are over 5000 confirmed planets, more than 4000...
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GalleryInauguration of the ARTEMIS telescopeImages of 20 June at the IAC headquarters and at the Teide Observatory, during the inauguration of the ARTEMIS telescope.