Topic: Astrophysics

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    Dissecting light bridges: the stratification of their physical properties in geometric height
    Light bridges are elongated and bright structures protruding into the umbra of sunspots. The presence of light bridges has a significant role in the evolution...
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    Do we need a galactic disc to form stars?
    Early-type galaxies (ETGs) were historically considered as ‘boring’ objects by astronomers. This galaxy category encompasses lenticular and elliptical galaxies...
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    Does the merger of two black holes emit light? The Subaru+GTC collaboration tries to answer this question
    A team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has made, with the Gran...
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    Does the Milky Way move like a spinning top?
    An investigation carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Žofia Chrobáková, a doctoral student at the IAC and the...
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    Donaji Esparza Arredondo
    Donaji Esparza Arredondo Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica
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    Downflowing umbral flashes as evidence of standing waves in sunspot umbrae
    Umbral flashes are sudden brightenings commonly visible in the core of some chromospheric lines. Theoretical and numerical modeling suggests that they are...
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    Dr. Marc Pinsonneault
    Dr. Marc Pinsonneault Ohio State university
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    Dual dust chemistry around evolved stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud
    During the final stages of their lives, stars with masses between one and eight times the mass of the Sun evolve along the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). AGB...
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    Dust in the central parsecs of unobscured AGN provides more challenges to the torus
    The black holes at the centres of galaxies are the most mysterious objects in the Universe, not only because of the huge quantities of material within them...