International research led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) has found the first evidence of a massive...
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NewsThe puzzle of the galaxy with no dark matter
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NewsThe role of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the evolution of our Galaxy
The European Space Agency's Gaia mission is revolutionising our understanding on how the Milky Way, the spiral galaxy we inhabit, has formed and evolved. Gaia...
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TalkThe rotation of massive stars with and without compact companions
Massive stars are generally fast rotators, however, with significant dispersion. We discuss the hypothesis that all OB stars are all born with very similar...
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TalkThe shady side of Stellar modelling and its grisly impact on Asteroseismology and Galactic Archeology
Since the second half of last century, stellar evolution theory has allowed to understand the Color Magnitude Diagram of galactic star clusters, so that now we...
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NewsThe synchronized dance of a system of six planets is revealed
An international collaboration, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has found a system of six exoplanets orbiting a central...
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NewsThe synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation history
According to the current theories of galaxy formation, these generally form as small entities that grow through fusion, collision and accretion, eventually...
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NewsThe WEAVE spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope takes its first light data at the ORM
The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) and the WEAVE instrument team present the first observations with this new instrument. This is a powerful latest...
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NewsTouching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu
This Tuesday October 20th at around 23.12 hr (Canary time) the NASA space probe OSIRIS-REx will make its first attempt to collect samples from the asteroid...
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NewsTwo new rocky planets in the solar neighborhood
An international scientific collaboration, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participates, has discovered two new super-Earths orbiting a...