NIRS3: THE PROTOSTAR THAT SHOWS

HOW GIANT STARS GROW

The IAA-CSIC leads the sharpest analysis of this forming massive protostar,
suggesting that it alternates recurrent episodes of accretion and ejection of material

M87 GALAXY SHOWS AN OSCILLATING JET

CONNECTED TO A ROTATING BLACK HOLE

The IAA-CSIC participates in the 23-year follow-up of the central supermassive black hole of the galaxy M87. The study
reveals that the jet emerging from the centre oscillates, which in turn provides the first evidence of rotation of a supermassive black hole

FIRS DETAILED IMAGE OF A RADIATION BELT

OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM

It has been detected around a brown dwarf, a type of cold, low-mass substar.
Published in Science, the image evokes the well-known belts of the Earth and Jupiter and reveals a magnetic field
ten times greater than that of Jupiter, as well as intense polar auroras

EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF CTA OBSERVATORY

FIRST LST TELESCOPE CONFIRMED

With more than sixty telescopes located in both hemispheres, the CTA Observatory will be the leading gamma-ray observatory
for the next decades. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the project and in the article
on the performance of the LST-1 telescope, a milestone in the project

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The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the 23-year follow-up of the central supermassive black hole of the galaxy M87. The study reveals that the jet emerging from the centre oscillates, which in turn provides the first evidence of rotation of a supermassive black hole

Two decades of observing galaxy M87 show an oscillating jet connected to a...

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Two decades of observing galaxy M87 show an oscillating jet connected to a rotating black hole

An international scientific team, with the participation of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), has analysed 23 years of data from the centre of the galaxy M87, home to a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. The results, published in Nature, reveal that the jet emerging from the black hole at very high speed oscillates up and down with an amplitude of about ten degrees, which in turn confirms that the black hole is rotating.
27/09/2023

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The University of Granada and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), have formalised an agreement with the aim of strengthening cooperation in the field of climate and ecological research in Sierra Nevada

The UGR and the IAA-CSIC join forces to collaborate in climate and...

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The UGR and the IAA-CSIC join forces to collaborate in climate and ecological research in the high mountains of Sierra Nevada

The main purpose of the agreement is to establish a general framework of collaboration to coordinate joint scientific activities between the Global Observatory of Sierra Nevada and the Observatory of Sierra Nevada. One of the fundamental objectives is the exchange of climatic information that will be integrated into the ClimaNevada database, as well as the development of infrastructures for the collection of climatic data.
11/09/2023

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Solar Orbiter PHI team meeting will take place in Granada. In this meeting we will discuss the status of the instrument and the science.

SO/PHI team meeting

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SO/PHI team meeting

Solar Orbiter PHI team meeting will take place in Granada. In this meeting we will discuss the status of the instrument and the science.
Granada
09/10/2023 to 11/10/2023

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It has been detected around a brown dwarf, a type of cold, low-mass substar. Published in Science, the image evokes the well-known belts of the Earth and Jupiter and reveals a magnetic field ten times greater than that of Jupiter, as well as intense polar auroras

The first detailed image of a radiation belt outside the Solar System is...

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The first detailed image of a radiation belt outside the Solar System is obtained

In 1958, scientist James Van Allen discovered that planet Earth was surrounded by ions and electrons trapped in the Earth's magnetic field, which interfered with communications with space probes. Almost simultaneously, giant radiation belts around Jupiter were discovered from bursts detected in radio observations.
05/09/2023

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The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) leads the sharpest analysis of this forming massive protostar, suggesting that it alternates recurrent episodes of accretion and ejection of material

NIRS3: the protostar that shows how giant stars grow

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NIRS3: the protostar that shows how giant stars grow

Low-mass stars, like the Sun, form from fragments of large clouds of gas and dust, which condense until a central object, or protostar, forms, growing by absorbing gas from a surrounding disc and ejecting the excess material through two jets at the poles. It was not known, however, whether the most massive stars, which can reach tens of times the mass of the Sun, form through this same mechanism.
01/09/2023

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With more than sixty telescopes located in both hemispheres, the CTA Observatory will be the leading gamma-ray observatory for the next decades. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participates in the project and in the article on the performance of the LST-1 telescope, a milestone in the project

Observations of the Crab Nebula confirm the outstanding performance of the...

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Observations of the Crab Nebula confirm the outstanding performance of the first LST telescope at the CTA Observatory

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will be the leading astronomical observatory for very high-energy gamma rays for decades to come. Its scientific potential ranges from understanding the origin and role of relativistic cosmic particles to the search for dark matter. With more than sixty telescopes located in the northern and southern hemispheres (on the island of La Palma and in Chile), CTAO will be the first ground-based open gamma-ray observatory.
02/08/2023

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Nine institutions from seven European countries have today signed the deeds of this entity, which paves the way for the future construction of the European Solar Telescope (EST). One of the main goals of EST is to improve our understanding of the Sun by observing its magnetic fields in unprecedented detail

The IAA-CSIC and the IAC participate in the creation of the European Solar...

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The IAA-CSIC and the IAC participate in the creation of the European Solar Telescope Canary Foundation

Representatives of nine institutions from seven European countries, including the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), have signed this morning in Santa Cruz de Tenerife the deeds of the European Solar Telescope Canary Foundation. The agreement gives legal status to the project consortium and paves the way for the construction of the European Solar Telescope (EST) at the El Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, located on the Canary Island of La Palma.
25/07/2023

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Como otras reuniones anteriores, la octava edición de las Reuniones Españolas de Física Solar y Heliosférica pretende revisar y poner de relieve la excelente salud investigadora española en estas disciplinas. A través de sesiones multidisciplinares en las que se mezclen los estudios de las distintas capas del Sol y el medio interplanetario y en las que se incluya tanto teoría como observaciones e instrumentación, la comunidad española podrá poner en común los últimos avances.

VIII Reunión Española de Física Solar y Heliosférica

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VIII Reunión Española de Física Solar y Heliosférica "25 años de física solar en Granada"

Como otras reuniones anteriores, la octava edición de las Reuniones Españolas de Física Solar y Heliosférica pretende revisar y poner de relieve la excelente salud investigadora española en estas disciplinas. A través de sesiones multidisciplinares en las que se mezclen los estudios de las distintas capas del Sol y el medio interplanetario y en las que se incluya tanto teoría como observaciones e instrumentación, la comunidad española podrá poner en común los últimos avances. Se pondrá especial énfasis en el uso especializado y el desarrollo de nueva instrumentación.
Granada
11/07/2023 to 13/07/2023

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The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is participating in a study that highlights the influence of a series of compounds emitted by the ocean on the Earth's climate. The scientific team, which stresses that this effect does not counteract the warming produced by human emissions, emphasises the need to include it in climate models to improve their predictions

Emissions of several oceanic compounds cool the climate, but do not offset...

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Emissions of several oceanic compounds cool the climate, but do not offset warming

A new study published in Nature shows that a series of compounds emitted by the ocean, the short-lived natural halogens, have an indirect cooling effect on Earth's climate. This mechanism, which arises from complex chemical reactions that modify the energy balance in the atmosphere, has been amplified since the beginning of the industrial era as a consequence of human emissions, which in turn have increased oceanic emissions of halogens.
28/06/2023

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The 20th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-XX) will build on the remarkable success of the previous ELS conferences. The main goal of the ELS conference series is to bring together scientists and engineers studying various aspects of light scattering and to provide a relaxed academic atmosphere for in-depth discussions of theoretical advances, measurements, and applications.

20th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference

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20th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference

The 20th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-XX) will build on the remarkable success of the previous ELS conferences. The main goal of the ELS conference series is to bring together scientists and engineers studying various aspects of light scattering and to provide a relaxed academic atmosphere for in-depth discussions of theoretical advances, measurements, and applications.
Almuñecar
15/05/2023 to 19/05/2023

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SHERLOCK is an end-to-end public pipeline that allows the users to explore the data from space-based missions such as TESS and Kepler/K2 to search for planetary candidates. It can be used to recover alerted candidates by the automatic pipelines such as the Science Processing Operations Center (SPOC) and the Quick Look Pipeline (QLP), the so-called Kepler objects of interest (KOIs) and TESS objects of interest (TOIs), and to search for candidates that remain unnoticed due to detection thresholds, lack of data exploration or poor photometric quality.

PySnacks 4: SHERLOCK: A python pipeline to explore space-...

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PySnacks 4: SHERLOCK: A python pipeline to explore space-based observations in the search for planets

SHERLOCK is an end-to-end public pipeline that allows the users to explore the data from space-based missions such as TESS and Kepler/K2 to search for planetary candidates. It can be used to recover alerted candidates by the automatic pipelines such as the Science Processing Operations Center (SPOC) and the Quick Look Pipeline (QLP), the so-called Kepler objects of interest (KOIs) and TESS objects of interest (TOIs), and to search for candidates that remain unnoticed due to detection thresholds, lack of data exploration or poor photometric quality.
Granada
21/06/2023

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Omaira Gonzalez Martin has received the award "Distinción de la UNAM para...

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Omaira Gonzalez Martin has received the award "Distinción de la UNAM para Jóvenes Académicos" 2021

15/11/2021

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Juan de Dalmau, president of the International Space University and former director of Ariane rocket launch operations in French Guiana, will answer frequently asked questions about space exploration.

What have we missed in extraterrestrial space?

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What have we missed in extraterrestrial space?

Humans have always looked to space with curiosity, fascination and sometimes fear. Many of us have thought about whether or not we would dare to take a trip outside the atmosphere, and we may even think that before spending so much money on sending astronauts, there are other problems to solve here on Earth.

Juan de Dalmau, president of the International Space University and former director of Ariane rocket launch operations in French Guiana, has also asked himself these questions and will try to give some answers to questions such as:

Juan de Dalmau
24/06/2021 - 19:30

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In the book "Chance and Necessity", published in 1970, Monod examines the philosophical implications of modern biology.

Biology and philosophy. 50 years of Jacques Monod's "Chance and Necessity".

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Biology and philosophy. 50 years of Jacques Monod's "Chance and Necessity".

Josep Casadesús
27/05/2021 - 19:00

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The history of science in Spain has never been a subject that has been valued in its fair measure, even by Spanish scientists themselves today. In this talk we will focus on the figure of Azarquiel, representative of medieval science.

Azarquiel, the chiseler of ideas

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Azarquiel, the chiseler of ideas

The history of science in Spain has never been a subject that has been valued in its fair measure, even by Spanish scientists themselves today. In this talk we will focus on the figure of Azarquiel, a representative of medieval science who, in the opinion of the speaker, is the greatest Spanish astronomer of all time. The aim of rescuing this and other forgotten scientists is to settle, even if only partially, the historical debt we owe them.

Antonio Claret
29/04/2021 - 19:00

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The volume includes 77 short articles on current research topics about the Sun, written in a plain language by scientists from 30 European research institutions and universities.

#TheScienceOfEST series is now available as a book!

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#TheScienceOfEST series is now available as a book!

#TheScienceOfEST series is now available as a book!

The volume includes 77 short articles on current research topics about the Sun, written in a plain language by scientists from 30 European research institutions and universities.
15/06/2020

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The mirror of the SUNRISE mission gets ready at Calar Alto

The mirror of the SUNRISE mission gets ready at Calar Alto

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The mirror of the SUNRISE mission, which will study the Sun from a stratospheric balloon, gets ready at Calar Alto

SUNRISE, a mission designed to study the Sun’s magnetic field from a stratospheric balloon, faces its third flight after its successful trips flying over the Arctic in 2009 and 2013. The instrumentation was recovered in both occasions, and now the mission team focuses on the preparation of the next phase, which will take place in 2021. In late September, the aluminizing of the SUNRISE telescope mirror took place at Calar Alto, a service offered by the observatory that permits to preserve the optimal conditions for observations.
06/10/2019

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Take a taxi to the IAA or your hotel directly. There are some buses from the aiport to Granada, but they are not syncronous with the planes...

At the train station, ask for Av. de la Constitución and get on bus LAC to Palacio de Congresos. Get off Palacio de Congresos stop and change to bus S2, direction to Villa Argaz. This bus has a stop very close to the IAA, only a few meters.

At the bus station, get on bus SN2 to Palacio de Congresos. Get off at the bus stop Tierno Galván - Palacio de Congresos and change to bus S2 to Villa Argaz. The S2 route passes in front of the IAA. Get off at the first stop of Camino Bajo de Huétor Street, then walk for a few seconds and you'll be here.