Scope: Science and Technology

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    Confronting fuzzy dark matter with the rotation curves of nearby dwarf irregular galaxies
    Dark matter is an invisible substance that makes up more than eighty percent of the matter content of the universe. We know of its existence due to its...
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    Constraints on the dust extinction law of the Galaxy
    This work explores data from a few surveys, most notably the serendipitous catalogue from the NASA SWIFT mission that made use of the NUV/optical camera UVOT...
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    Constraints on the in situ and ex situ stellar masses in nearby galaxies obtained with artificial intelligence
    The hierarchical model of galaxy evolution suggests that mergers have a substantial impact on the intricate processes that drive stellar assembly within a...
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    Continuous infrared winds discovered during the eruption of a stellar mass black hole
    A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has detected for the first time the constant infrared emission from winds produced...
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    Contracts for those newly qualified in “Formación Profesional”
    The result of an agreement signed between the “La Caixa” foundation, the CajaCanaris Foundation and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is that the...
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    Cosmic amorphous dust in the interstellar medium as a possible explanation for the Anomalous Microwave Emission
    The main emission mechanisms of the interstellar medium (ISM) in the spectral range between the radio and the far infrared are very well characterised and...
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    Cosmic fireworks from a new gamma-ray binary
    A joint observational campaign with the MAGIC telescopes at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (Garafía, La Palma) and the VERITAS array at the Fred...
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    Course on “Introduction to instrumentation for Earth observation satellites"
    Organized by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, this course, aimed at students of Engineering and Physics at the University of La Laguna, as well as...
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    Dating stars with magnetic activity
    Stellar ages are key to several fields of astrophysics such as exoplanet research, galactic-archeology, and of course stellar physics. Obtaining the ages of...