World Scientific has published the book Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, edited by J. Buitrago, E. Mediavilla and A. Oscoz, which contains the...
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Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology
World Scientific has published the book Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, edited by J. Buitrago, E. Mediavilla and A. Oscoz, which contains the...
Relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
When matter falls into supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies, it unleashes enormous amounts of energy and is called active galactic nuclei (or AGN...
Research in the Canary Island observatories, main theme of the recent meeting of their International Scientific Committee
The International Scientific Committee (CCI for its Spanish initials) of the Canary Island Observatories offers the mechanism by which the institutions which...
Researchers from the IAC discover that dark matter experiences forces beyond gravity
The existence of dark matter is probably one of the fundamental mysteries of modern science and unraveling its nature has become one of the primary goals of...
Researchers have observed the heating produced in the Sun by magnetic waves
An international team in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) are participating...
Researchers show that the shape of the Whirlpool galaxy has been molded by the repeated passage through its disc of a satellite galaxy
An international research team, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) shows that the satellite galaxy NGC 5195 has passed twice...
RESOLVING THE INNERMOST REGION OF THE ACCRETION DISK OF THE LENSED QUASAR Q2237+0305 THROUGH GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING
We study three high magnification microlensing events, generally recognized as probable caustic crossings, in the optical light curves of the multiply imaged...