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Catalan researchers lead project selected among the finalists of the Mars Society competition to develop a city on the red planet

ICCUB researcher Héctor Gil Marín wins the Young Researcher Award in Theoretical Physics awarded annually by the Royal Spanish Physical Society

The thesis "Radiación no térmica asociada a estrellas de gran massa", defended by Dr. Santiago del Palacio in 2018 under the direction of the researcher of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences, Prof. Valentí Bosch-Ramón, has been selected by the jury appointed by the Associació Argentina de Astronomía, the organizing body.

Gaia has proven to be a powerful tool providing very precise astrometry and photometry in the first releases of the mission (see Gaia DR2 and Gaia DR1). The third release and beyond (find here the current release scenario planning) will include some calibrated spectrophotometric data.

The comet C/2020 F3, also known as NEOWISE, has been visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere sky during the past weeks.

The international group of researchers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) today publishes a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe ever created, filling in the most significant gaps in our exploration of the cosmos’ history.

The detection of a gamma-ray burst by MAGIC telescopes allows to study whether the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant of nature.

The European Space Agency Education Office has selected the candidacy of Barcelona, which leads the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, to organize next spring the "4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities".

Publication of the book (In)habitabilidad planetaria. Foundations of astrobiogeology, the work of several authors including our astronomer Carme Jordi

The Hubble telescope of the European Space Agency and the NASA reveals that the planets have difficulties to form in the centre of the star cluster Westerlund 2.

The Gaia Mission app is now available for Android and iOS

This year's edition of the Science Festival of the University of Barcelona, organized by the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit "La UB Divulga", is held virtually.