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Gaia, the Galaxy in your hands
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia satellite is revolutionizing the astronomy, providing unprecedented clues
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Once every twenty years; Jupiter and Saturn conjunction
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On December 21, 2020, a new conjunction will take place between the planets Jupiter and Saturn
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
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El premi Nobel pel descobriment del gran forat negre al centre de la Via Làctia
L'astrònom Jordi Miralda escriu sobre els Premis Nobel de Física 2020
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Jordi Miralda, ICREA-ICCUB
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Divulcat.cat
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CA
Divulgació científica
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Dark matter, the formation of galaxies, and gravitational lenses
The existence of dark matter in the Universe has been corroborated by a great diversity of observations.
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Jordi Miralda, ICREA-ICCUB
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'Dones i Física' at Franqueses del Vallès
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Evolució estel·lar: de núvols de gas a forats negres
En astronomia, es denomina evolució estel·lar a la seqüència de canvis que una estrella experimenta al llarg de la seva existència.
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Edgar Molina
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Roberto Emparan talks about the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
Researcher Roberto Emparan explains, to EFECiencia, the work that has led to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Roberto Emparan, ICREA-ICCUB
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CA
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Gravitational waves and laser interferometer detection
ICCUB researcher Pablo Barneo gave a lecture on gravitational waves and how they are detected with laser interferometers.
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Pablo Barneo
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CA
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Has life been detected on Venus? Josep Manel Carrasco on Radio Sant Boi
L'astrònom Josep Manel Carrasco explica al programa de ràdio La República Santboiana de Ràdio Sant Boi, la detecció de fosfà a l'atmosfera de Venus.
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CA
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Mark Gieles on the recent observation of the most massive black hole ever detected
ICCUB astronomer Mark Gieles talks to journalist Esther Sánchez about the recent observation of the most massive black hole ever detected with gravitational waves.
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Mark Gieles, ICREA-ICCUB
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ES
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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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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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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.