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A large tidal stream observed in the Sombrero galaxy
According to the latest cosmological models, large spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way grew by absorbing smaller galaxies, by a sort of galactic cannibalism...
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NewsA look at the subatomic world from the IACThe second edition of the conference on Particle Physics, HC2NP2019, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, will take place next week in Puerto...
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NewsA lower limit to the accretion disc radius in the active galactic nucleus NGC 1052Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) are found in about 1/3 of all the galaxies in the Local Universe, establishing the most numerous class of AGNs...
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NewsA mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been foundThe small fraction of dark matter in the galaxy NGC1052-DF4 has worried the astronomical community for several years. Now a team of researchers from the...
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NewsA nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigationWe detect a transiting rocky planet with an orbital period of 1.467 days around the nearby red dwarf star Gliese 486. The planet Gliese 486 b is 2.81 Earth...
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NewsA new chapter in the series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we publish the fourth chapter in the audiovisual series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling...
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NewsA new stellar site for the formation of very heavy elementsThe recently discovered phosphorus-rich stars pose a challenge to stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis (that is, the formation of chemical elements in stellar...
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NewsA new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf starIn recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them. These stars have effective surface temperatures...
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NewsA new way to measure the distance to NGC1052-DF2O ne of the key challenges in astronomy is to measure accurate distances to celestial objects. Knowing distances is crucial since it allows us to measure...