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Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in a relativistic jet
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) consist of a supermassive black hole fed by the circumnuclear material close to the galaxy center. Around 10% of the AGNs develop a...
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DocumentRecommendations to Keep Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society. SummaryThis report analyses all types of artificial interference that may have a negative impact on the visibility of the night sky and astronomical science. The...
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DocumentReflection of the CosmosThis book is the result of more than a decade of archaeoastronomical research. Juan Antonio Belmonte is coordinator of the Archaeastronomy project at the IAC...
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DocumentReglamento de gestión IATAEReglamento de gestión de la incubadora de Alta Tecnología en Astrofísica y Espacio (IATAE) de IACTEC. Establece el procedimiento para que los colaboradores...
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DocumentRelativistic Astrophysics and CosmologyWorld Scientific has published the book Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, edited by J. Buitrago, E. Mediavilla and A. Oscoz, which contains the...
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NewsRelativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup GalaxyWhen matter falls into supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies, it unleashes enormous amounts of energy and is called active galactic nuclei (or AGN...
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NewsRepresentatives of the London School of Economics visit the IACFlorian Lennert, Associate Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Frank Wenecke, founder of the German Company Dronemasters, have toured the...
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NewsRepresentatives of the TMT visit the IAC and its observatoriesThis week Thomas Soifer, Gregory Fahlman, and Masanori Iye, members of the Board of Governors of the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) International Observatory...
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NewsReseachers find out why a supermassive black hole appears to moveThe study, carried out by two researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, shows that the “change in position” observed in the nucleus of the galaxy...