08/04/2013
A feature present at the beginning of the life of stars disappears during the adulthood to emerge again in the final stages
04/04/2013
Chandra observations of the SMC have resulted in the first detection of X-ray emission from young stars with masses similar to our Sun outside our Milky Way galaxy
18/03/2013
Titan, Saturn´s biggest moon, is the only satellite in the Solar System with a dense atmosphere and the only object other than Earth with confirmed surface liquid material. The analysis of the data obtained by Cassini-VIMS instrument reveals the existence of an unidentified gas in the atmosphere
21/02/2013
A committee of experts meeting in Granada has approved the final design of the instrument, which marks the beginning of the construction phase
20/02/2013
<p> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The observations were made</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">1.5-meter</span> <span class="hps">telescope</span> <span class="hps">of the </span><span class="hps">Sierra</span> <span class="hps">Nevada</span></span> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Observatory</span> </span></p>
20/02/2013
Asteroids, unlike comets, do not present a tail, but some exceptions are known. Spanish astronomers observed one of these uncommon asteroids withe the Gran Telescopio Canarias and found that a short duration event ocurred around the 1st of July of 2012 might have created the tail
31/01/2013
The spatially resolved history of star formation is obtained for a sample of one hundred galaxies. Researchers find that massive galaxies grow their stellar mass from inside-out and faster than the less massive ones
11/12/2012
A research, led by the IAA, analyzes twenty thousand galaxies from the zCOSMOS survey. The most distant galaxies have less proportion of metals than those in the local universe, which confirms the hierarchical model of galaxy formation
28/11/2012
The planets could interfere with the mechanisms responsible for generating the solar magnetic field in a key layer of the interior of the star. It would explain other periodicities detected in the solar magnetic activity
22/11/2012
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a radio telescope made of thousands of antennas distributed over a distance of at least 3000 km. A meeting will analyze the opportunities for Spanish industry in this ambitious project
21/11/2012
The occultation allowed determining the size, shape and albedo of Makemake, and showed that it has no global Pluto-like atmosphere
15/11/2012
About 850 years ago, Abell 30 experienced a very late thermal pulse that created a small-scale planetary nebula inside the original one
15/11/2012
MAGIC telescopes re-start observations of the gamma-ray sky after a full upgrade
31/10/2012
The Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey (CALIFA survey) announces today its first public release of data, offering an unprecedentedly detailed view of one hundred galaxies in the local universe with ample opportunities for scientific study. Together with the data release, two technical publications authored by members of the CALIFA collaboration have been made publicly available, describing the data and showing some of their scientific applications.
16/10/2012
<p> The physical mechanisms responsible for the PN morphological menagerie are still subject of hot debate</p>
05/10/2012
SO-102 revolves around the Milky Way´s supermassive black hole in 11,5 years. The star may help test the laws of gravity under extreme conditions and understand the role supermassive black holes play in the center of galaxies
25/09/2012
The fraction of core-collapse supernovae that remain undetected due to obscuration by dust reaches one in five for nearby galaxies and four in five for distant galaxies. The number of detected supernovae helps determine the cosmic star formation history
20/09/2012
MACS1149-JD, a very faint galaxy, will provide clues about the reionization
12/09/2012
The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia(IAA-CSIC) coordinates different activities in defense of investment in science: concentrations, a flash mob and outreach on the street to raise awareness of the importance of research.
20/07/2012
El personal del Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) quiere manifestar su malestar y preocupación por la situación que atraviesan los centros de investigación del CSIC debido a las sucesivas restricciones presupuestarias
16/07/2012
The star's magnetic field, 20.000 times stronger than the Sun's, is slowing the star's rotation
28/06/2012
The Spanish astronomy, technological centers and companies come together in the international project SKA, a network of radioastronomy sensors on a continental scale
12/06/2012
Gaia-ESO, one of the largest and most ambitious ground-based surveys, will study 100.000 stars in our Galaxy
04/06/2012
The IAA has been involved in the most comprehensive study to date on the ice. The work, which involved 17 scientists from 11 countries collected what are the current issues that exist in this field of research
31/05/2012
Guided tours to the Sierra Nevada Observatory and the Institute of Millimeter Radio Astronomy
18/05/2012
The PIIISA 2012 project ended yesterday. A project that aims to join high school students with the professional investigators.
18/04/2012
The workshop, taking place from today until Friday,will delve into a technique that is proving in the study of galaxy evolution,integral field spectroscopy.
11/04/2012
NGC 6778 shows fast collimated outflows which probably resulted in the disruption of the nebular shell and equatorial ring
09/04/2012
The Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC), one of five institutions selected to spread the material
19/03/2012
The project, led by astronomers at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, already has two stations in Spain and one in New Zealand
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