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This paper presents the results of an archaeoastronomical study of the Iberian Iron Age cave-sanctuary of Cueva Santa del Cabriel, near the town of Mira in the province of Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, central Spain, together with a review of the latest archaeological and ethnographical data about the site. We found that the cave's 12 m-long access

Transmission spectroscopy using high-resolution spectrographs is quickly becoming a major tool to detect and understand planetary atmospheres, from ultra hot Jupiters to Neptunes-size planets. The CARMENES spectrograph started operations in 2016, and since then we have been using it for the study of planetary atmospheres taking advantage of it

In this talk, I will discuss the current state of the MASCARA and bRing networks, and go into detail on how our observations can be combined with TESS to search for long period transiting exoplanets. These networks have discovered four exciting transiting exoplanets which are ideal for follow up atmospheric characterization surveys. The near

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