Topic: Astrophysics

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    An accurate measure of the size of dark matter haloes using the size of galaxies
    In the standard cosmological model (𝜦CDM), galaxies are merely the visible "tips of the icebergs," residing within massive, invisible cocoons of dark matter...
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    An amateur astronomer discovers a dwarf galaxy
    The observations carried out with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) have confirmed the discovery of the isolated...
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    An 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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    An 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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    An asteroid is named after the Jesuit Juan Casanovas, founder of the Solar Physics group at the IAC
    Father Juan Casanovas (1929-2013), a Jesuit astronomer who played an important role in the early years of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has...
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    An 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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    An 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...
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    An ultraviolet wind in a neutron star X-ray binary transient
    All disc-accreting astrophysical objects produce powerful disc winds. In compact binaries containing neutron stars or black holes, accretion often takes place...
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    Anatomy of the impact of a protostellar jet in the Orion Nebula
    An international team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has uncovered, with an new high degree of detail, the physical and...