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First results of Herschel and the HerMES extragalactic survey.
ESA's Herschel Space Observatory was launched on 14 May 2009. After a short commissioning and performance verification period, the science demonstration...
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NewsFirst spectra of two extreme trans-Neptunian objects obtained with the GTC support the “Planet Nine” hypothesisThe so-called extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs) are orbiting the Sun at heliocentric distances larger than 150 AUs, and their discovery a decade ago was...
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NewsFormation of fullerenes in hydrogen-rich environments.Thanks to the NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, bucket loads of large carbon molecules, the so-called fullerenes (C 60), have been found around dying stars in the...
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NewsFullerenes in the IC 348 star cluster of the Perseus molecular cloudWe present the detection of fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in the star-forming region IC 348 of the Perseus molecular cloud. Mid-IR vibrational transitions of C 60...
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NewsGalactic superwinds and stellar supercloudsGalactic superwinds present a filament-like structure, with strong X ray emissions, which could not be explained until now. Using hydrodynamic calculations, it...
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NewsGalaxy fusion provides an explanation for asymmetrical stellar velocities in elliptical galaxiesUsing the IAC's Beowulf group of computers and the National Supercomputing Centre's Mare Nostrum, an IAC team has simulated the process of galaxy fusion by...
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NewsGalaxy transformation across the cosmic web: The influence zone of filamentsThe Universe is not distributed uniformly. Galaxies are arranged in a gigantic cosmic web made of voids, filaments, and galaxy clusters. These filaments act as...
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NewsGalIMF–E-MILES library: Impact of an environment-dependent initial mass function on stellar population spectraWe present, for the first time, model spectra of single-age, single-metallicity stellar populations computed with the E-MILES evolutionary synthesis code...
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NewsGTC OSIRIS z-band imaging of Y dwarfs.The aim of the project is to contribute to the characterisation of the spectral energy distribution of the coolest brown dwarfs discovered to date, the Y dwarfs...