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The mystery of the brightest planetary nebulae
A recent study led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has resolved an old debate about the progenitor stars of the brightest...
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NewsThe mystery of the fullerenes in space explainedA pioneering study from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) which combines laboratory chemistry with astrophysics, has shown for the first time that...
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NewsThe mystery of the galaxy with no dark matter: solved!A group of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has clarified one of the mysteries of 2018 in the field of extragalactic astrophysics...
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NewsThe mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole, solvedA study carried out by a team of researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown that an unusual thin structure of stars, recently...
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NewsThe nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus2MASS J20395358+4222505 is an obscured early B supergiant near the massive OB star association Cyg OB2. Despite its bright infrared magnitude (Ks= 5.82) it has...
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NewsThe origin of the brightest stars in any Galaxy lies in stellar mergersMassive stars, those over ten times heavier than our Sun, are the conduits of most elements of the periodic table and drive the morphological and chemical...
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NewsThe origin of the first structures formed in galaxies like the Milky Way identifiedAn international team of scientists led from the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA), with participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC...
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NewsThe outburst of a neutron star reveals the nature of phenomena only observed in black holesAn international scientific team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) found a neutron star that captures matter from a companion star with a...
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NewsThe Perseids 2020On the night of 12th to 13th August we will be able to enjoy the maximum of the Perseids. This will be broadcast live, from the Teide Observatory (Tenerife) and...