Topic: Astrophysics

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    A new stellar site for the formation of very heavy elements
    The recently discovered phosphorus-rich stars pose a challenge to stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis (that is, the formation of chemical elements in stellar...
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    A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
    In recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them. These stars have effective surface temperatures...
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    A new way to measure the distance to NGC1052-DF2
    O ne of the key challenges in astronomy is to measure accurate distances to celestial objects. Knowing distances is crucial since it allows us to measure...
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    A new, potentially inhabitable super-Earth
    Researchers at the University of Oviedo, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have discovered and characterized a planet in the...
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    A nonlinear damping mechanism for waves in the solar corona
    The solar coronal heating problem originated almost 80 years ago and remains unsolved. A plausible explanation lies in mechanisms based on magnetic wave energy...
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    A novel black hole mass scaling relation
    The confirmation of the existence of black holes is one of the most basic results in astrophysics. There is a wide range of masses of black holes, from those...
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    A novel code for exploring the magnetic field of the solar corona
    The POLMAG research group of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has released the public version of P-CORONA, a novel computer program for...
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    A physically motivated galaxy size definition across different state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations
    Measuring galaxy sizes is essential for understanding how they were formed and evolved across time. However, traditional methods based on l ight concentration...
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    A Plague of Magnetic Spots Among the Hot Stars of Globular Clusters
    For more than six decades, the quest to understand the formation of hot (about 20,000−30,000 K) extreme horizontal branch (EHB) stars in Galactic globular...