We present 12 epochs of optical spectroscopy taken across the discovery outburst of the black hole (BH) candidate MAXI J1803-298 with the Gran Telescopio...
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NewsA cold wind during the discovery outburst of a black hole
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NewsA conference celebrates 60 years in astrophysics by IAC researcher John Beckman
On November 6th and 7th a meeting will be held in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos in La Laguna, to celebrate the dedication to astrophysics during 60 years...
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NewsA crucial test for astronomical spectrograph calibration with frequency combs
Laser frequency combs (LFCs) are well on their way to becoming the next-generation calibration sources for precision astronomical spectroscopy. This development...
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NewsA dense ultra-short period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star
Ultrashort-period (USP) exoplanets have orbital periods shorter than 1 day. Precise masses and radii of USP exoplanets could provide constraints on their...
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NewsA distance of 13 Mpc resolves the claimed anomalies of the galaxy lacking dark matter
The claimed detection of a diffuse galaxy lacking dark matter represents a possible challenge to our understanding of the properties of these galaxies and...
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NewsA dwarf irregular galaxy caught in transition
Leo I is one of the youngest dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies in the Local Group. Its relative isolation, extended and complex star formation history (SFH), and...
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NewsA galaxy which outshines the rest
Gas is essential to the process of forming a galaxy. During the first stages the amount of gas present determines the number of stars which will be in the...
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NewsA giant exoplanet orbiting a very-low-mass star challenges planet formation models
Surveys have shown that super-Earth and Neptune-mass exoplanets are more frequent than gas giants around low-mass stars, as predicted by the core accretion...
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NewsA giant interstellar bubble being grown in the Andromeda galaxy
The combination of a white dwarf mass close to the Chandrasekhar limit (1.4 solar masses) and a fast hydrogen accretion rate (10-7 solar masses per year) from a...