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    Narrow Band Halpha photometry of the super-Earth GJ 1214b with GTC/OSIRIS tunable filters.
    Aims. The super-Earth planet GJ 1214b has recently been the focus of several studies, which use the transit spectroscopy technique to determine the nature of...
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    NATURE AND EVOLUTION OF X-RAY BINARIES.
    Se observa en la Vía Láctea un cuerpo celeste de extraño comportamiento. Un equipo de astrónomos, lilderados por el investigador Alberto J. Castro Tirado, del...
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    Neural networks to distinguish real and simulated galaxies
    Can neural networks distinguish computer simulated galaxy images from observed galaxies? This is the question that has been addressed in this work. For years...
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    New findings in spiral galaxies challenge the dark matter hypothesis
    Dark matter is a type of material which has not been observed through any telescope, but whose existence is deduced from its gravitational effects on visible...
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    New insights into the puzzle of strong CO absorptions in massive early-type galaxies
    Puzzling properties of massive early-type galaxies (ETGs) emerge when studying their spectra at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths. Massive ETGs show strong CO...
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    New theoretical models explain the origin of oxygen in low-mass planetary nebulae
    Recently, Delgado-Inglada and collaborators have shown that low-mass (between one and three times the mass of the Sun) planetary nebulae are rich in oxygen, but...
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    NGC1277: a massive compact relic galaxy in the nearby Universe.
    As early as 10 Gyr ago, galaxies with more than 10 ^11 M_sun in stars already existed. While most of these  massive galaxies must have subsequently transformed...
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    Nightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanet
    Ultrahot giant exoplanets receive thousands of times Earth’s insolation. Their high-temperature atmospheres (greater than 2,000 kelvin) are ideal laboratories...
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    No surviving evolved companions of the progenitor of SN1006.
    Type-Ia supernovae are thought to occur when a white dwarf made of carbon and oxygen accretes sufficient mass to trigger a thermonuclear explosion. The...