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Art and Astronomy: Interviewing Josep Manel Carrasco
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https://www.ivoox.com/art-i-astronomia-audios-mp3_rf_71190284_1.html
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CA
The ICCUB researcher talks about "Art and Astronomy" on the radio program La República Santboiana of Ràdio Sant Boi.
The astronomer Josep Manel Carrasco talks about the representation of astronomy in art, especifically in paintings, throughout history in the radio program "La República Santboiana" of Ràdio Sant Boi.
Astrometry in the near infrared selected as key theme in the Voyage 2050 programme of ESA
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http://icc.ub.edu/news/652
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EN
Global astrometry in the near Infrared (NIR) has been selected as a key theme in the report Voyage 2050 published last Friday, June 11
NÜWA, a new city on Mars
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CA
Catalan researchers lead project selected among the finalists of the Mars Society competition to develop a city on the red planet
Héctor Gil Marín awarded with the Young Researcher Award in Theoretical Physics by the Spanish Royal Physics Society.
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CA
ICCUB researcher Héctor Gil Marín wins the Young Researcher Award in Theoretical Physics awarded annually by the Royal Spanish Physical Society
Dr. Santiago del Palacio wins the Carlos M. Varsavsky 2020 Prize
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CA
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.
First calibrated XP spectra
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Agència Espacial Europea (ESA)
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CA
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.
On the trail of the NEOWISE comet
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CA
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.
Astrophysicists measure the expansion of the Universe over 11 billion years
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CA
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.
Cosmic Cataclysm allows a precise test of General Relativity
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CA
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.