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...
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NewsRelativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
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NewsResolving an event-horizon-scale structure around the supermassive black hole of a lensed quasar
The one-way frontier around a black hole is the event horizon from which nothing can escape. Close to it, strong effects of gravity and exotic physics are...
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NewsResolving the Internal Magnetic Structure of the Solar Network.
We analyze the spectral asymmetry of Stokes V (circularly polarized) profiles of an individual network patch in the quiet Sun observed by Sunrise/IMaX. At a...
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NewsResolving the nuclear dust distribution of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 3081.
We report far-infrared (FIR) imaging of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 3081 in the range 70- 500 μm, obtained with an unprecedented angular resolution, using the...
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NewsRubidium-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Magellanic Clouds.
We have identified for the first time extragalactic rubidium-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in low metallicity environments such as the Magellacnic...
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NewsScientific results with the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey: The anomalous microwave emission in our Galaxy and M31
In the 90s, the COBE satellite discovered that not all the microwave emission from our Galaxy behaved as expected. Part of this signal was later assigned to a...
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NewsSearch and characterization of T-type planetary mass candidates in the Sigma Orionis cluster .
The proper characterization of the least massive population of the young Sigma Orionis star cluster is required to understand the form of the cluster mass...
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NewsSearch for and analysis of IR clouds
LIRIS, the IR imaging camera and spectrograph built by the IAC, is giving life to new projects. During 2006 advances were made in the search for and analysis of...
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NewsSeismic constraints on rotation of Sun-like star and mass of exoplanet.
Rotation is thought to drive cyclic magnetic activity in the Sun and Sun-like stars. Stellar dynamos, however, are poorly understood owing to the scarcity of...