News type: Research news

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    Rubidium-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Magellanic Clouds.
    We have identified for the first time extragalactic rubidium-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in low metallicity environments such as the Magellacnic...
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    Scientific results with the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey: The anomalous microwave emission in our Galaxy and M31
    In the 90s, the COBE satellite discovered that not all the microwave emission from our Galaxy behaved as expected. Part of this signal was later assigned to a...
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    Search and characterization of T-type planetary mass candidates in the Sigma Orionis cluster .
    The proper characterization of the least massive population of the young Sigma Orionis star cluster is required to understand the form of the cluster mass...
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    Search for and analysis of IR clouds
    LIRIS, the IR imaging camera and spectrograph built by the IAC, is giving life to new projects. During 2006 advances were made in the search for and analysis of...
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    Seismic constraints on rotation of Sun-like star and mass of exoplanet.
    Rotation is thought to drive cyclic magnetic activity in the Sun and Sun-like stars. Stellar dynamos, however, are poorly understood owing to the scarcity of...
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    Sibling sub-Neptunes around sibling M dwarfs: TOI-521 and TOI-912
    Sub-Neptunes - planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune - are the most common type of planet in our Galaxy, yet they are entirely absent from our own...
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    Signs of 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' star formation in low-surface-brightness globular-cluster-rich dwarf galaxies
    Ultra-diffuse galaxies, an extreme type of dwarf galaxy, have been the focus of extensive observational and theoretical studies over the past decade. With...
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    Simultaneous optical and near-infrared linear spectropolarimetry of the earthshine.
    Aims. We aim to extend our current observational understanding of the integrated planet Earth spectropolarimetry from the optical to the near-infrared...
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    Small Magnetic Loops Connecting the Quiet Surface and the Hot Outer Atmosphere of the Sun.
    The quiet Sun (the 99%, or more, of the solar surface not covered by sunspots or active regions) is receiving increased attention in recent years; its role on...