CoRoT-9b is one of the rare long-period (P = 95.3 days) transiting giant planets with a measured mass known to date. We present a new analysis of the CoRoT-9 system based on five years of radial-velocity (RV) monitoring with HARPS and three new space-based transits observed with CoRoT and Spitzer. Combining our new data with already published

La espectroscopía es una de las fuentes de información más valiosas de que dispone la astrofísica estelar. La correcta interpretación de los espectros estelares es vital en muchos campos, ya que de ellos se derivan los parámetros fundamentales de las estrellas, su rotación, composición química, velocidad radial, etc. y, a partir de espectros de

The accurate characterization of the physical properties of massive stars in very low-metallicity environments has important implications in our interpretation of the primitive Universe. The first population of stars, which are thought to have been very massive and extremely metal-poor, has been proposed as the responsible source of the re

Magnetic fields play a fundamental role in star formation processes and the best method to evaluate their intensity is is to measure the Zeeman effect of atomic and molecular lines. However, a direct measurement of the Zeeman spectral pattern from interstellar molecular species is challenging due to the high sensitivity and high spectral resolution

Context. In this work we present data from observations with the MAGIC telescopes of SN 2014J detected on January 21 2014, the closest Type Ia supernova since Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes started to operate. Aims: We aim to probe the possibility of very-high-energy (VHE; E ≥ 100 GeV) gamma rays produced in the early stages of Type Ia supernova

We present the discovery of 1568 RR Lyrae stars in three of the most luminous M31 satellites: And VII (573), NGC 147 (177), and NGC 185 (818). We use their properties to study the formation history of Local Group spiral haloes, and in particular, to infer about the nature of their possible building blocks by comparison with available data for RR