An ancient brown dwarf in our cosmic neighbourhood
A study, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the presence of an unusual metal-poor brown dwarf less than 30 light-years away...
An award for the audiovisual series “The IAC investigates”
The audiovisual series “The IAC investigates” produced by the IAC within its Unit of Communication and Scientific Culture (UC3) with funding from the Severo...
An ionised bubble powered by a proto-cluster at z = 6.5
We show herein that a proto-cluster of Lyα emitting galaxies, spectroscopically confirmed at redshift 6.5, produces a remarkable number of ionising continuum...
An old problem about the measurement of the chemical composition of the universe has been resolved
Research carried out by a scientific team from the University of Heidelberg (UH), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the National Autonomous...
Anatomy of the impact of a protostellar jet in the Orion Nebula
An international team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has uncovered, with an new high degree of detail, the physical and...
Anisotropic satellite galaxy quenching modulated by black hole activity
The evolution of satellite galaxies is shaped by their constant interaction with the circumgalactic medium surrounding central galaxies, which in turn may be...
Anomalous microwave emission detected from the Taurus Molecular Cloud
The QUIJOTE experiment at the Teide Observatory (Tenerife) has studied the polarization of this type of emissions in one of the nearest and youngest star...
ARTEMIO HERRERO: “Un fotón puede tardar hasta un millón de años en alcanzar la superficie solar“
Hoy se inauguró la XXIX Escuela de Invierno que, como cada año, organiza el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Por este motivo, entrevistamos a Artemio...
Astronomers detect large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere of a primitive star
Scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the University of California San Diego...