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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 -
An international team of astronomers has captured the most detailed and completed view yet of the mysterious filaments surrounding the giant galaxy M87. Using new observations from the Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, the study reveals how these long, thread-like structures move, evolve, and interact with their galactic environment and the activity of the central supermassive black hole. These findings have just been published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. M87: a giant galaxy and its mysterious threads M87, located about 55 millionAdvertised on -
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) emitió este jueves, 26 de febrero, a las 22:30 horas, su espacio radiofónico ‘Soñando Estrellas’ en La Radio Canaria. Este programa semanal de 30 minutos, conducido por Verónica Martín y ya disponible en iVoox , nace para divulgar la labor de los más de 400 profesionales del centro y rendir homenaje a la visión de Francisco Sánchez , fundador del IAC. El programa de esta semana contó con una entrevista a Enrique Pérez , investigador y divulgador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía y del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAdvertised on