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A shared accretion instability for black holes and neutron stars
Accretion disks around compact objects are expected to enter an unstable phase at high luminosity. One instability may occur when the radiation pressure...
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NewsA single collision in 10 billion years could explain how dark matter is distributed within dwarf galaxiesUltra-faint dwarf galaxies, among the tiniest and faintest galaxies known, may hold the key to understanding one of the Universe’s biggest mysteries: the true...
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NewsA stellar stream remnant of a globular cluster below the metallicity floorStellar ejecta gradually enrich the gas out of which subsequent stars form, making the least chemically enriched stellar systems direct fossils of structures...
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NewsA step forward to solve the mystery of ultra-diffuse galaxiesA study by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), led by researchers Nushkia Chamba, Ignacio Trujillo and Johan H. Knapen, reveals that the enigmatic...
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NewsA study of the whole SunThe European Research Council (ERC) has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Synergy Grants” to a team led by Fernando Moreno Insertis, researcher at the...
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NewsA study offers new prospects for finding life outside the EarthAn international team of astronomers, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, has found an exoplanetary system formed by...
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NewsA study shows that “water worlds” could be as common as EarthsResearch led by the University of Chicago and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown the existence of exoplanets with water and rock around...
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NewsA study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxiesAt the heart of almost every sufficiently massive galaxy there is a black hole whose gravitational field, although very intense, affects only a small region...
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NewsA study suggests that there are galaxies which might be older than the currently accepted age of the universeAn observationally based study, led by Martín López Corredoira, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found that certain very distant...