Investigadores de la Universidad de Oviedo, en colaboración con el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), descubren y caracterizan un planeta en la zona de...
Observan diferencias en los amaneceres y atardeceres de un mundo lejano
Gracias a observaciones realizadas con el telescopio espacial James Webb (JWST), un equipo científico internacional, en el que participa el Instituto de...
I will present the last results of the Transit Monitoring in the South (TraMoS) project. Since 2008, TraMoS has monitored transits of 30 exoplanets with...
So far more than 800 planets have been discovered and their characterization is becoming more important. Transiting planets offer the unique opportunity of...
OGLE-2014-BLG-0221Lb: A Jupiter Mass Ratio Companion Orbiting Either a Late-type Star or a Stellar Remnant
We present the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-0221, a planetary candidate event discovered in 2014. The photometric light curve is best...
Optical and near-infrared day-side emission from exoplanets
Observations of the secondary eclipse of an exoplanet, the moment the planet moves behind its star, allow us measure the radiation emitted by the exoplanet...
Partially ionized plasmas are found across the Universe in many different astrophysical environments. They constitute an essential ingredient of the solar...
PASS - a Permanent All Sky Survey for the detection of transits
A project to survey the entire visible sky for the presence of transits by extrasolar planets is presented. The experiment would consist of one or two fixed...
PLATO alcanza un hito en su construcción y se prepara para buscar planetas similares a la Tierra
La misión espacial PLATO ( PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars ), liderada por la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA), ha superado recientemente una de las...