Un caos magnético escondido en la galaxia del Remolino
En lo más profundo de la estructura espiral de las galaxias hay una fuerza escondida: los campos magnéticos. Pese a ser invisibles a los telescopios...
Un estudio revela el inesperado efecto de los agujeros negros más allá de su propia galaxia
En el corazón de cada galaxia lo suficientemente masiva existe un agujero negro cuyo campo gravitatorio, aunque muy intenso, afecta solo a una pequeña región en...
Un estudio revela que la forma de la Galaxia Remolino se ha moldeado por el paso repetido de una galaxia satélite
Una investigación internacional, en la que participa el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), revela que la galaxia satélite NGC5195 ha pasado dos veces...
Unbiased Large Spectroscopic Surveys of Galaxies Selected by SPICA Using Dust Bands
The mid-infrared range contains many spectral features associated with large molecules and dust grains such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and silicates...
Uncertainty-aware blob detection with an application to integrated-light stellar population recoveries
Context. Blob detection is a common problem in astronomy. One example is in stellar population modelling, where the distribution of stellar ages and...
Uncovering the Deeply Embedded Active Galactic Nucleus Activity in the Nuclear Regions of the Interacting Galaxy Arp 299
We present mid-infrared (MIR) 8-13 μm spectroscopy of the nuclear regions of the interacting galaxy Arp 299 (IC 694+NGC 3690) obtained with CanariCam (CC) on...
Uncovering the host galaxy of the γ-ray-emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy FBQS J1644+2619
The discovery of γ-ray emission from radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies has questioned the need for large black hole masses ( ≳ 108 M⊙) to launch...
Understanding galaxy formation and evolution through an all-sky submillimetre spectroscopic survey
We illustrate the extraordinary discovery potential for extragalactic astrophysics of a far-infrared/submillimetre (far-IR/submm) all-sky spectroscopic survey...
Understanding the Cosmic Mass Function High-Mass Behavior
We claim that the discrepancy found between the theoretical predictions for the cosmic mass function and those found in numerical simulations is due to the fact...