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The nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus
2MASS 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...
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NewsThe phosphorus that came from the starsAll chemical elements in the Universe (except for H and most of the He) have been made in stellar interiors. But among those elements, the ones that allowed to...
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NewsThe possible detection of elusive intermediate mass black holesA research team at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has observed an unusual type of emission in a sample of local galaxies which could indicate...
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NewsThe presence of resonating cavities above sunspots has been confirmedAn international team of researchers, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the existence of resonant cavities above sunspots...
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NewsThe present and future of research with the GTCDuring the last three days over 60 talks have been given, presenting the latest scientific results obtained using data from the Gran Telescopio Canarias, as...