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Red nuggets at the center of nearby galaxies
The “Lambda Cold Dark Matter” (CDM) cosmological model is the current theory credited for reproducing the physics responsible for the formation and evolution of...
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NewsRelativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup GalaxyWhen matter falls into supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies, it unleashes enormous amounts of energy and is called active galactic nuclei (or AGN...
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NewsResearchers from the IAC discover that dark matter experiences forces beyond gravityThe existence of dark matter is probably one of the fundamental mysteries of modern science and unraveling its nature has become one of the primary goals of...
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NewsScientific results with the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey: The anomalous microwave emission in our Galaxy and M31In the 90s, the COBE satellite discovered that not all the microwave emission from our Galaxy behaved as expected. Part of this signal was later assigned to a...
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NewsSigns of 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' star formation in low-surface-brightness globular-cluster-rich dwarf galaxiesUltra-diffuse galaxies, an extreme type of dwarf galaxy, have been the focus of extensive observational and theoretical studies over the past decade. With...
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NewsSolving the enigma of the brightest planetary nebulaePlanetary nebulae (PNe) are the ejecta of evolved low-intermediate mass stars present in all stellar systems. Perhaps the easiest thing to do when studying PNe...
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NewsSolving the paradox of the enigmatic solar sodium D1 line polarizationIn 1998 the journal Nature published a seminal letter concluding that the mysterious polarization (a particular property of light) that had been recently...
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NewsTemperature inhomogeneities cause the abundance discrepancy in H II regionsH II regions are ionized nebulae associated with the formation of massive stars. They exhibit a wealth of emission lines in their spectra that form the basis...
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NewsTESS satellite dates an ancient collision with our galaxyEarlier this year, a team of astrophysicists has revealed new insights on an ancient collision that our galaxy the Milky Way underwent with another smaller...