Magnetars Origin Story
Far far away, in a constellation called Monoceros, 3000 light years away from us, lives an unusual star known as HD 45166 - preparing to become the most magnetic powerhouse to…
The James Webb observes the first galaxies in the universe and discovers and “impostor”
An international study, carried out by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, shows that the universe could produce extremely…
Cosmic Monsters’ Growth Secret
The story of how black holes, especially young ones, grow so fast and become so massive, has been puzzling astronomers for a long time. Enter VERA! – the state-of-the-art Japanese…
Grantecan solves an old puzzle about the brightness of galaxy discs
An international scientific team, including the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has detected distortions in the brightness of a galaxy's disc that could be explained by the gravitational effect of an…
Tracing Our Stellar Ancestors
A team of astronomers from Japan and China discovered a strange star floating at the edge of our Milky Way galaxy. On a closer look at the star’s chemistry, astronomers think they…
