In this work we discuss and confront recent results on metallicity variations in the local interstellar medium, obtained from observations of H II regions by...
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NewsAbout metallicity variations in the local Galactic interstellar medium
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ProjectADFEMOS - FRIDA-EMIR and OSIRIS Detectors Upgrade
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has an important engineering team and technical staff with the capacity to undertake scientific instrumentation...
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ProjectAdvanced Optical Systems Center (CSOA)
The Advanced Optical Systems Center (CSOA) is an unique infrastructure in Spain for the manufacture of high quality optical elements. This cutting-edge...
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NewsAfter the Kepler supernova explosion, no survivors were left behind
A study involving a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), which has been led by a researcher at the Instituto de Física Fundamental...
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NewsAn amino acid essential for life is found in interstellar space
The IAC researcher Susana Iglesias-Groth has discovered the existence of tryptophan, an amino acid essential for the formation of proteins and the develoment of...
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NewsAn ancient brown dwarf in our cosmic neighbourhood
A study, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the presence of an unusual metal-poor brown dwarf less than 30 light-years away...
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NewsAn award for the audiovisual series “The IAC investigates”
The audiovisual series “The IAC investigates” produced by the IAC within its Unit of Communication and Scientific Culture (UC3) with funding from the Severo...
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NewsAn ionised bubble powered by a proto-cluster at z = 6.5
We show herein that a proto-cluster of Lyα emitting galaxies, spectroscopically confirmed at redshift 6.5, produces a remarkable number of ionising continuum...
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NewsAn old problem about the measurement of the chemical composition of the universe has been resolved
Research carried out by a scientific team from the University of Heidelberg (UH), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the National Autonomous...