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Tidally trapped pulsations in a close binary star system
It has long been suspected that tidal forces in close binary stars could modify the orientation of the pulsation axis of the constituent stars. Such stars have...
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NewsTwo Nobel Laureates in Physics visit the IAC as part of the 18th ULL Physics Students’ CongressOn 9 and 10 April, the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) will welcome two distinguished physicists: Serge Haroche, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize...
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NewsUbiquitous yet forgotten: Broad absorptions in the optical spectra of low-mass X-ray binariesLow-mass X-ray binaries are systems in which a star transfers matter onto a compact object—either a black hole or a neutron star—producing energetic outbursts...
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NewsUnravelling coronal bright pointsWhen the Sun is observed in X-ray or extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, hundreds of bright and compact structures with a rounded shape and sizes similar to that...
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NewsWithin galaxy variations in the chemical composition are responsible for the fundamental relationThe so-called "fundamental metallicity relation" (FMR) has been known for almost 10 years, and it states that galaxies of the same stellar mass but larger star...
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EventXXXII Canary Islands Winter School of AstrophysicThe XXXII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), focusses on Galaxy Clusters. The school, to...
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NewsYoung stars found in the oldest and most massive galaxies in the UniverseElliptical and lenticular galaxies (collectively called early-type galaxies) are the oldest and most massive galaxies in the Universe. These galaxies were built...
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NewsZF-UDS-7329: A relic galaxy in the early UniverseObservations made with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed a larger-than-expected number of massive galaxies when the Universe was still young...