Researchers find organic material in the Antennae Galaxies
A study led by the researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Ana Monreal Ibero proves the presence of (probably) organic molecules in...
Researchers from the UPC and the IAC discover one of the most massive neutron stars
Using a pioneering method, researchers from the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the Instituto de...
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 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...
Revealed the morphology of a galaxy hidden by its bright nucleus
The host galaxy of a powerful galactic nucleus revealed using the CIRCE camera on the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC). This discovery, in which the IAC...
Revealing the origin and nature of the outskirts of stellar megalopolises
The most detailed study of the outskirts of massive elliptical galaxies at half the age of the Universe was carried out by an international team led by the...
Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition
Newly formed stars have protoplanetary discs around them. A fraction of the material in the disc condenses into planet-forming chunks, and the rest finally...