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  • GALACTICNUCLEUS will allow to study the stellar population surrounding the super-massive black hole of the galactic centre with unprecedented detail
  • The work, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), offers the most extensive census of stars in the galactic nucleus recorded to date

CARMENES instrument, co-led by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), has detected a giant planet around a dwarf star from the Observatory of Calar Alto (Almería)

The planet could have been formed by the rupture of the disk around the star, and not by the accumulation of gas around a solid nucleus, as it is believed that gas giants form

The SUNRISE mirror, with a diameter of one meter, undergoes the aluminizing process as part of the preparations for the next mission flight.

A study offers new results on the "Stephan's Quintet", one of the most paradigmatic compact galaxy systems.

The paper, published in collaboration with the Laval University of Quebec, Canada, and the EEZA-CSIC, has been chosen as the cover for the Astronomy and Astrophysics magazine in its September issue (A&A, 629, A102, Duarte Puertas et al. 2019 )

The official delivery of these distinction to scientific excellence is celebrated in Madrid

The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, endowed with three million dollars, has been awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) international collaboration, which obtained the first image of a black hole. Two researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participate in the collaboration, which brings together 347 researchers

A signature similar to the gold and platinum producing explosion observed in light and gravitational waves in 2017 is found in the data of a 2016 gamma ray explosion. This confirms that heavy elements are produced in kilonovas, bursts that result from the fusion of very compact objects, such as neutron stars or black holes

Combining data from the TESS satellite and from various instruments on the ground, CARMENES among others, leads to the detection of a multiple planetary system around a nearby star. The work, which involves researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), opens the door to the detailed study of multiple planetary systems

The star S2 draws an ellipse around Sagittarius A *, the black hole of the galactic nucleus, and its monitoring over twenty-six years has allowed studying the gravity in extreme environments. Researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) participate in the results, which are published in the journal Science

The first image of the impact was recorded at the Calar Alto Observatory in Almería

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