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An international collaboration of astronomers led by the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has identified two intriguing, humongous but light planets orbit ing HD 114082. This star is only 15 million years old, this is, much younger than the Sun (4.6 billion years old) , spin s 15 times faster , has 28% more mass , and is about one thousand degrees hotter and almost four times more luminous. Its planets receive about 200 times more light and heat than Jupiter. The study, which involved separating the faint planetary signal from the stellar oneAdvertised on -
El Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos (MCC) y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ofrece la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre la pregunta ¿De qué está hecho el 95% del Cosmos? La respuesta la dará el profesor Fernando Buitrago Alonso en una charla abierta al público en el MCC, del Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros de Tenerife, el próximo martes 24 de febrero a las 18:00 horas. Como es habitual, la conferencia será libre y gratuita hasta completar aforo. Bajo el título "Euclid: el telescopio Hubble europeo, pero con esteroides", Buitrago explicará por qué, aunque Euclid no sea tanAdvertised on -
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