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The Metal-Poor Edge of the Milky Way’s Thin Disk
The formation and evolution of the disk of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, remains an enigma in astronomy. In particular, the relationship between the thick disk and...
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GalleryThe Milky Way and the Local Group
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NewsThe Moon says goodbye to January in a big wayNext Wednesday, January 31st, the Moon will feature with a total eclipse of a “supermoon” which will also be the second full Moon of the month.
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NewsThe Museum of Science and the Cosmos hosts the Forum of Women Scientists and Technologists of the Canary IslandsThe meeting, which will take place on Friday 1 March at 18:00, is being held on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and...
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NewsThe mystery of the brightest planetary nebulaeA recent study led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has resolved an old debate about the progenitor stars of the brightest...
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NewsThe mystery of the fullerenes in space explainedA pioneering study from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) which combines laboratory chemistry with astrophysics, has shown for the first time that...
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NewsThe mystery of the galaxy with no dark matter: solved!A group of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has clarified one of the mysteries of 2018 in the field of extragalactic astrophysics...
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NewsThe mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole, solvedA study carried out by a team of researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown that an unusual thin structure of stars, recently...
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NewsThe nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus2MASS J20395358+4222505 is an obscured early B supergiant near the massive OB star association Cyg OB2. Despite its bright infrared magnitude (Ks= 5.82) it has...