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05/04/2017
OCTOCAM, a project lead by IAA astronomers, will be the next facility instrument of the Gemini observatory The twin Gemini telescopes, one of the most competitive observatories in the world, consists of two 8.1m telescopes in Hawaii and Chile. OCTOCAM will multiply the power of Gemini South by simultaneously observing in eight different bands |
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21/03/2017
Rosetta mission describes surface change of comet in transit around the sun Comparative analysis of comet 67P’s surface before and after the perihelion (point on an orbit closest to the sun) reveals numerous changes in its orography, though not on a major scale. Paper published in Science magazine suggests important orographic features of comet 67P date back to previous, more active periods in its history |
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14/03/2017
SN2015bh: the end of a star or an "impostor" supernova? Astronomers spot an intense explosion of a massive star, which, according to records, experienced frequent eruptions for at least 20 years. The analysis of the outburst does not allow to discern between a real supernova - an explosive event marks the end of a star - or a giant eruption implying a massive change in the star’s evolutionary course |
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07/03/2017
Astronomers unveil with outstanding detail the first steps of nascent galaxies in the primeval universe An international team of astronomers have pushed large telescopes to their current limits to discover a population of tiny newborn galaxies, which shed new light into the first stages of galaxy formation. Although rare, these nascent objects reveal with unprecedented detail the extreme physical conditions that have existed in the first galaxies formed right after the Big Bang |
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28/02/2017
P/2016 J1: an asteroid that split in two and whose fragments, years later, developed tails Asteroids, unlike comets, do not usually present tails, but there are some twenty exceptions to this rule. P/2016 J1 is a peculiar case, known as an “asteroid pair”, resulting from the fracture of a parent asteroid |
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19/01/2017
Stellar formation is observed in a type of galaxy where, in theory, stars are no longer born CALIFA project allowed to detect, in three early-type galaxies, a very tenuous arms where stars are being formed. The data, obtained with Calar Alto Observatory 3.5m telescope, contradict the widespread belief that in old galaxies stars are no longer born |
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29/12/2017
The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia launches the app "Let´s go to Mars!" "Let's go to Mars" is a scientific graphic adventure in which you must land-off in Mars, explore the surface of the planet, build a permanent base for the arrival of your colleagues, collect and analyze Martian samples, and face the many dangers that exist in the red planet |
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30/11/2016
First data confirm that NOMAD will be able to put an end to the methane mystery on Mars NOMAD´s data confirm the perfect functioning of the instrument, co-developed by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) |
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18/11/2016
Brightness variations on the surface of '67P / Churyumov' show the complexity of cometary activity Brightness variations on the surface of '67P / Churyumov' show the complexity of cometary activity |
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14/11/2016
A startburst reveals the formation mechanism of massive stars A startburst reveals the formation mechanism of massive stars |
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02/11/2016
Study confirms that novae, a type of explosive phenomenon in stars, are main source of lithium in the universe Large amounts of beryllium-7, an element that decays into lithium, have been found inside nova Sagittarii 2015 N.2 |
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20/10/2016
ExoMars mission, in orbit around Mars The TGO satellite has successfully completed the ignition needed to be captured by Martian gravity |
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29/09/2016
Rosetta's grand finale The spacecraft will perform tonight a controlled descent to the surface of the comet 67P, during which it will continue collecting data |
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26/09/2016
Summer fireworks on Rosetta's comet Brief but powerful outbursts seen from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko during its most active period last year have been traced back to their origins on the surface |
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22/09/2016
New breakthrough in methodology to estimate life span of stars Size of star nuclei determines amount of combustible available, and hence evolution and life span of a star |
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15/09/2016
Mrk1018: the black hole that returns to the shadows Mrk1018 is a supermassive black hole located at the center of a distant galaxy that has changed its appearance twice in thirty years |
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24/08/2016
Earthlike planet discovered orbiting around nearest star to Sun Located in the habitable zone, the planet orbits around its star in eleven days and has a mass of at least 1.3 times that of the Earth. Named Proxima B, it orbits around Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf located only four light years away from our own planet |
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12/07/2016
University of Almería, Calar Alto Observatory and IAA will enhance astronomical knowledge Among the collaboration projects that will be launched, stand out the creation of an astronomical lecture room at the UAL, the incorporation of trainees at the Observatory and the creation of a summer course that approach its work to the whole society |
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07/07/2016
The weird system of star CVSO 30: two planets at extreme distances A direct image has been taken of a planet so far away from his star that it takes twenty-seven thousand years for completing one orbit, and it shares the system with another planet which completes its orbit in just eleven hours |
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30/06/2016
Discovery of miniature planetary formation disk will enable observation of planetary gestation in real time Young star XZ Tau B displays a dwarf protoplanetary disk which may evolve up to five hundred times faster than bigger disks and display observable changes in just a few months |
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03/05/2016
Project ORISON to study the cosmos from stratospheric balloons launched ORISON, financed by the European Union through the H2020 scheme, is a project conducted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, the University of Stuttgart, the Max Planck Society, and Ernst & Young |
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04/05/2016
Susana Diaz commits the Andalusian government support to the continuity of Calar Alto Observatory The president of Junta de Andalucía has visited the observatory on the occasion of the presentation of CARMENES project, which will search for exoplanets where the conditions could allow liquid water |
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28/04/2016
Launch of the UFFO Tracking Space Telescope, designed to capture the early moment of Gamma-Ray Bursts The UFFO international collaboration has developed a tracking space telescope that will detect X-rays and track UV/optical lights emitting from very early moment of Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) |
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23/03/2016
Planning Starts for MOS and HIRES Instruments on the E-ELT The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) participates in the development of HIRES spectrograph and in the scientific exploitation of both instruments |
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17/03/2016
Planet embryo orbiting around star HL Tau shows how planetary formation can be accelerated Young star HL Tau is surrounded by a disk of dust displaying numerous grooves taken believed to be initial phases of planet formation |
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01/03/2016
The Calar Alto Observatory opens up its doors to the public The Spanish-German Astronomical Centre at Calar Alto (CAHA, MPG / CSIC) and the company Azimuth-Education and scientific tourism, have signed an agreement for the management and development of astrotourism and outreach activities from the observatory and its environment |
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26/01/2016
The highest angular resolution image in Astronomy reveals the insides of a galactic nucleus The space mission RadioAstron (Russian Space Agency) has observed, along with fifteen other radio telescopes distributed around the globe, the environment of the black hole at the core of the active galaxy BL Lacertae |
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15/01/2016
Follow a Live Planet Hunt! A unique outreach campaign has been launched that will allow the general public to follow scientists from around the globe as they search for an Earth-like exoplanet around the closest star to us, Proxima Centauri. The observing campaign will run from January to April 2016 and will be accompanied by blog posts and social media updates. No one knows what the outcome will be. In the months following the observations, the scientists will analyse... |
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15/01/2016
The European Space Agency (ESA) will search for potentially dangerous objects from Calar Alto ESA and Calar Alto have signed a collaboration agreement for the exclusive remote use of the 80 cm. Schmidt Telescope. |
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11/12/2015
History of Andromeda galaxy studied through stellar remains Planetary nebulae, stars similar to the Sun which have burnt up their fuel and ejected their external layers, make it possible to study two main substructures of the Andromeda galaxy |
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30/11/2015
Researchers from the IAA and the UGR question results obtained heretofore in the study of pulsating stars A study using the high precision satellites CoRot and Kepler has pointed to two examples which put in question the use of a tool common to most studies of stellar oscillations |
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08/10/2015
The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia receives the medal of honor of the Foundation Rodríguez-Acosta The medal has been awarded for his research and as a center of international reference |
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18/10/2015
Infrared ‘eye’ arrival completes CARMENES instrument, which will see its first light in November The infrared channel, developed at the Instituto de Astronfísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), will be tomorrow placed in its final location, at the 3.5m Calar Alto Observatory telescope |
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27/09/2015
Rosetta mission confirms comet 67P to be product of fusion of two independent objects Cometary lobes collided together very slowly during formation of the Solar System |
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15/09/2015
Concentration of carbon dioxide on the rise in upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere The SABER instrument, aboard the TIMED satellite (NASA), has measured an increase of between five and twelve percent per decade in the concentration of CO2 in the top atmospheric layers |
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27/07/2015
Abell 78: the born-again star Abell 78 suffered a late thermonuclear blast that took it back for a while to a previous stage |
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09/07/2015
UPWARDS, a cutting-edge project for global understanding of Mars Co-ordinated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), the project involves seven European scientific institutions which are developing new analytical techniques to exploit the Mars Express and the future ExoMars missions |
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01/07/2015
Activity inside pits of comet 67P observed by the Rosetta mission helps to explain their origin Origin of circular depressions found on various comets has finally been discovered thanks to the observations of the OSIRIS camera aboard the Rosetta mission (ESA) |
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13/05/2015
IAA codirects NOMAD, an instrument that may solve the enigma of methane on Mars In eight months’ time, an instrument called NOMAD will fly to Mars aboard the ExoMars mission of the European Spatial Agency (ESA) |
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30/03/2015
Emergence of a stellar jet observed in real time The observation over an eighteen year span of the formation of a massive star has unveiled the birth of a bipolar jet which ejects matter and regulates the star’s growth |
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25/03/2015
Real time gestation of stellar jet Stars birth and grow inside big clouds made of gas and dust by gravitational collapse of overdensity areas. |
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23/03/2015
IZw18: the galaxy that reveals the history of the universe A map of ionized helium in the galaxy has just been published which indicates the presence of peculiar stars similar to the first that ever shone in the universe |
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09/03/2015
The world’s largest radio telescope takes a major step towards construction The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the largest research infrastructure ever developed, has already a final design for the first phase of the project |
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24/02/2015
The huge “Y” in the atmosphere of Venus due to a wave distorted by the wind When observed in the ultraviolet range, Venus’ atmosphere reveals to be covered by a dark Y-shaped cloud whose origin and evolution have remained unexplained up to date |
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19/02/2015
The origin of the magnetic field covering the Sun has been discovered High resolution observations using the HINODE satellite reveal the existence of small magnetic elements inside solar supergranules |
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18/02/2015
JUPITER, a laboratory for studying exoplanets Its atmosphere has been analized during an eclipse of Ganymede, the third satellite of the gas giant |
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16/02/2015
The highest plume ever observed on Mars Researchers are studying images of a mysterious bulge that rose up more than 200 km from the surface |
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16/02/2015
Stars akin to the sun also explode when they die IRAS 15103-5754, a star observed as it was turning into a planetary nebula, yields new clues as to the death of stars akin to the sun |
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27/01/2015
The characteristics of the multiple star "sigma Orionis" are determined A detailed study on the multiple star system led by Spanish astrophysicists has identified the period, mass and emission of high energy photons of the main stars of the system |
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22/01/2015
Rosetta mission yields most accurate and integral picture of a comet ever Science magazine publishes special edition on findings of Rosetta, on orbit around comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko since August 2014 |