The IAC researcher Susana Iglesias-Groth has discovered the existence of tryptophan, an amino acid essential for the formation of proteins and the develoment of...
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NewsAn amino acid essential for life is found in interstellar space
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NewsAn ancient brown dwarf in our cosmic neighbourhood
A study, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the presence of an unusual metal-poor brown dwarf less than 30 light-years away...
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NewsAn asteroid is named after the Jesuit Juan Casanovas, founder of the Solar Physics group at the IAC
Father Juan Casanovas (1929-2013), a Jesuit astronomer who played an important role in the early years of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has...
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NewsAn ionised bubble powered by a proto-cluster at z = 6.5
We show herein that a proto-cluster of Lyα emitting galaxies, spectroscopically confirmed at redshift 6.5, produces a remarkable number of ionising continuum...
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NewsAn old problem about the measurement of the chemical composition of the universe has been resolved
Research carried out by a scientific team from the University of Heidelberg (UH), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the National Autonomous...
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NewsAn ultraviolet wind in a neutron star X-ray binary transient
All disc-accreting astrophysical objects produce powerful disc winds. In compact binaries containing neutron stars or black holes, accretion often takes place...
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NewsAnatomy of the impact of a protostellar jet in the Orion Nebula
An international team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has uncovered, with an new high degree of detail, the physical and...
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EventAndrej Prsa
Andrej Prsa Villanova University
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GalleryAnimations archaeoastronomy
Animations made at the IAC between 2000 and 2007