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Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks in "Skyrocket" Galaxy
Scientifics from the Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participate in a study whose results shows how cosmic gas triggers stellar birth in galaxies. This...
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NewsI think that the dark matter surrounding galaxies is essential for the formation of stars'INTERVIEW WITH JAMES BULLOCKThe theoretician James Bullock from the University of California would like to make the surprise discovery of a particle of dark matter in the laboratory. With...
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NewsIAC astronomers discover 'The Music of the Galaxies'Astronomers at the IAC have discovered complex patterns of resonances in the discs of spiral galaxies not previously described by theories. Using the GHaFaS...
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NewsIAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really existIts very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe.
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NewsIAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really existIts very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe
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NewsIAC astronomers find one of the first stars formed in the Milky WayResearchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have identified, using the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC) a star which is a key to the...
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NewsIAC astrophysicists discover a 'relic' galaxy frozen in timeThe nearby galaxy NGC 1277 was formed at an early epoch of the cosmos and has remainedunchanged since then, thus making it a unique window on to the early...
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NewsIAC discovers a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarfAn international team, led by a student from Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has detected a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of GJ 3998, a...
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NewsIAC doctoral students tackle galactic archaeology and research into ‘other worlds’ at the Museum of Science and the CosmosThe Museum of Science and the Cosmos (MCC), part of the Autonomous Organization of Museums and Centers of the Cabildo of Tenerife, will host the second session...