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Do we need a galactic disc to form stars?
Early-type galaxies (ETGs) were historically considered as ‘boring’ objects by astronomers. This galaxy category encompasses lenticular and elliptical galaxies...
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NewsDoes the Milky Way move like a spinning top?An investigation carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Žofia Chrobáková, a doctoral student at the IAC and the...
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EventDonaji Esparza ArredondoDonaji Esparza Arredondo Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica
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NewsDownflowing umbral flashes as evidence of standing waves in sunspot umbraeUmbral flashes are sudden brightenings commonly visible in the core of some chromospheric lines. Theoretical and numerical modeling suggests that they are...
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EventDr. Marc PinsonneaultDr. Marc Pinsonneault Ohio State university
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NewsDRAGO passes its tests for launch into spaceThe flight model for the SWIR DRAGO camera, developed by the IACTEC-Space team at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has successfully passed all...
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NewsDual dust chemistry around evolved stars of the Large Magellanic CloudDuring the final stages of their lives, stars with masses between one and eight times the mass of the Sun evolve along the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). AGB...
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NewsDust in the central parsecs of unobscured AGN provides more challenges to the torusThe black holes at the centres of galaxies are the most mysterious objects in the Universe, not only because of the huge quantities of material within them...