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A pulsar too slow for its age
 
A pulsar too slow for its age

18/12/2011

It is one of the slowest pulsars known, and its slowness seems incompatible with its age

 
Solved the problem of measuring the temperature of the flattened stars
 
Solved the problem of measuring the temperature of the flattened stars

13/12/2011

To measure the temperature of the flattened stars is used a theorem that it has now been shown that it is incomplete

 
Stars have found a new way to die
 
Stars have found a new way to die

01/12/2011

A peculiar burst detected on Christmas Day 2010 points to the merger of two stars, a neutron star and an evolved red giant, after going through a common-envelope stage.

 
Caption of the youngest supernova, pictured two weeks after explosion
 
Caption of the youngest supernova, pictured two weeks after explosion

24/11/2011

The high definition image of the stellar explosion allows to measure the expansion speed of the shock

 
Found the key to complete the models of the "sprites" in the upper atmosphere
 
Found the key to complete the models of the "sprites" in the upper atmosphere

13/11/2011

IAA scientists have found the reason why sometimes these flashes occur with some delay with respect to the lightning that triggers

 
Science Week at IAA
 
Science Week at IAA

07/11/2011

Fifht edition of Noches de Ciencia, a series of conferences for the Science Week

 
Lutetia gives clues about the origin of the Solar System
 
Lutetia gives clues about the origin of the Solar System

27/10/2011

The asteroid pictures come from Rosetta show that it is a primitive Solar System Object

 
The dwarf planet Eris could be smaller than Pluto
 
The dwarf planet Eris could be smaller than Pluto

26/10/2011

It has used the occultation of a star by Eris to determine its size accurately.

 
The tail of the Scheila asteroid was due to a probable collision event
 
The tail of the Scheila asteroid was due to a probable collision event

21/09/2011

In 2010, the Scheila asteroid showed like a comet, with a well defined tail that disappeared in a few days. IAA astronomers analyzed the event and attributed to a probable collision event

 
The scientific archives of Calar Alto Observatory: a World of discoveries at everybody’s reach
 
The scientific archives of Calar Alto Observatory: a World of discoveries at everybody’s reach

19/09/2011

From July 2011 Calar Alto Observatory is providing its users and the general scientific community with a more efficient and safer data access, through a new in situ data archiving system compatible with the Virtual Observatory standard.