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The mystery of the galaxy with no dark matter: solved!
A group of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has clarified one of the mysteries of 2018 in the field of extragalactic astrophysics...
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NewsThe natural brightness of the night skyA recent study analyses data collected at 44 of the darkest places in the world, including the Canary Island Observatories, to develop the first complete...
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NewsThe nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus2MASS J20395358+4222505 is an obscured early B supergiant near the massive OB star association Cyg OB2. Despite its bright infrared magnitude (Ks= 5.82) it has...
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NewsThe origin of the first structures formed in galaxies like the Milky Way identifiedAn international team of scientists led from the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA), with participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC...
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NewsThe phosphorus that came from the starsAll chemical elements in the Universe (except for H and most of the He) have been made in stellar interiors. But among those elements, the ones that allowed to...
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NewsThe presence of resonating cavities above sunspots has been confirmedAn international team of researchers, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the existence of resonant cavities above sunspots...
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NewsThe present and future of research with the GTCDuring the last three days over 60 talks have been given, presenting the latest scientific results obtained using data from the Gran Telescopio Canarias, as...
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NewsThe puzzle of the strange galaxy made of 99.99% dark matter is solvedAt present, the formation of galaxies is difficult to understand without the presence of a ubiquitous, but mysterious component, termed dark matter. Astronomers...
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NewsThe relic galaxy NGC 1277 lacks dark matterThe standard cosmological model states that massive galaxies contain a large fraction of dark matter. Dark matter is a transparent substance that does not...