Powerful winds driven by a supermassive black hole
The supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies have a basic influence on their evolution. This happens during a phase in which the black hole is...
Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays
Classical novae are cataclysmic binary star systems in which the matter of a companion star is accreted on a white dwarf. Accumulation of hydrogen in a layer...
Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in a relativistic jet
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) consist of a supermassive black hole fed by the circumnuclear material close to the galaxy center. Around 10% of the AGNs develop a...
The “Lambda Cold Dark Matter” (CDM) cosmological model is the current theory credited for reproducing the physics responsible for the formation and evolution of...
Relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
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...
Researchers from the IAC discover that dark matter experiences forces beyond gravity
The existence of dark matter is probably one of the fundamental mysteries of modern science and unraveling its nature has become one of the primary goals of...
Scientific 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...