Left panel: map of the surface brightness of "the Antennae" in emission from ionized hydrogen. The brightest zones are the zones occupied by clusters of massive stars. Right panel: map of the expansion velocity of the bubbles detected in the Antennae, pus
A greedy white dwarf star in our own Milky Way galaxy is devouring its closest celestial companion at a rate never seen before, according to an international study involving the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL). The research, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , found the double star, named V Sagittae, is burning unusually bright as the super-dense white dwarf is gorging on its larger twin in a feeding frenzy. Experts think the stars are locked in an "extraterrestrial tango" as they orbit each other every
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna are leading an international study on dark galaxies. ULL PhD student Guacimara García Bethencourt, together with her thesis supervisors Arianna Di Cintio and Sébastien Comerón, both lecturers in the Department of Astrophysics at the ULL and researchers at the IAC, presents a pioneering study in Astronomy & Astrophysics on one of the most intriguing objects in modern astrophysics: dark galaxies, systems rich in gas and dark matter but incapable of forming stars, and therefore invisible to traditional telescopes
Representantes de la Fundación Mujeres por África visitaron hoy la sede del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias en La Laguna, en un encuentro institucional centrado en el programa Ciencia por Mujeres , iniciativa que impulsa la investigación y el liderazgo científico femenino africano. El director del programa Ciencia por Mujeres, Juan Algar , la coordinadora del programa, María Almela , y la técnica de proyectos, Emma Garcia Taboadela , fueron recibidos por el director del IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet , y por el coordinador de investigación del IAC, Jonay I. González Hernández . Durante
