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MUSE reveals different gas components in planetary nebulae
We present a detailed study of the gas chemical abundances in planetary nebulae (PNe), the final fate of solar-like stars, through high spatial resolution...
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NewsNailing Bennu's colors to the mast: new findings on the origin of this primitive bodyScience magazine, in a special collection on asteroid Bennu, has published the results of the analysis of photometric-spectrum color variations on the surface...
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NewsNew data about spiral waves detected in sunspotsAn international study, led by researchers at the IAC, reveal unknown details about the nature of a singular type of oscillatory phenomenon in spiral form...
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NewsNew data about two distant asteroids give a clue to the possible “Planet Nine”The dynamical properties of these asteroids, observed spectroscopiccally for the first time using the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), suggest a possible common...
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NewsNew data obtained about the biggest and one of the most complete Einstein ringsIn December 2020 a team from the European Space Agency (ESA) published an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) of GAL-CLUS-022058s, the biggest and...
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NewsNew DESI Results Weigh In On GravityGravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned tiny differences in the amount of matter present in the early universe into the sprawling strands...
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NewsNew Earths discovered around a very small starAn international team led by the University of Göttingen (Germany) with participation by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have...
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NewsNew insights into the puzzle of strong CO absorptions in massive early-type galaxiesPuzzling properties of massive early-type galaxies (ETGs) emerge when studying their spectra at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths. Massive ETGs show strong CO...
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NewsNew measurements of the solar spectrum verify Einstein’s theory of General RelativityAn international team of researchers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has measured, with unprecedented accuracy, the gravitational redshift...