An international team of researchers, among them scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the primitive origen of an old...
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NewsAstronomers find the origin of one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way
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NewsAstronomers discover a planetary system with three super-Earths and two super-Mercuries
International research, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) and with the participation of the the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias...
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NewsAstronomers discover a surprising system of six exoplanets which orbit rhythmically
An international collaboration in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias take part, has discovered a unique planetary system made up of...
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GalleryESPRESSO confirms Proxima b with unprecedented precision
An international team, in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participated, as well as institutions in Spain, Italy, Portugal...
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NewsESPRESSO puts the physical constants to the test
Why does gravity have the strength it has? What exactly determines the value of the electromagnetic force? Are the laws of Physics the same in any part of the...
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NewsNew measurements of the solar spectrum verify Einstein’s theory of General Relativity
An international team of researchers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has measured, with unprecedented accuracy, the gravitational redshift...
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NewsObserved: an exoplanet where it rains iron
Nature magazine is publishing today a surprising study about the giant, ultra-hot planet WASP-76b in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de...