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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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'Viatge cap a l'Univers fosc' at Parc Astronòmic Montsec
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Online conference "Does the Sun orbits around the Earth or the other way around? Copernicus and Galileo, the heliocentric history",
On December 10, the astronomer Carme Jordi will give the conference "The Sun revolves around the Earth or the other way around? Copernicus and Galileo, the heliocentric history",
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Carme Jordi, ICCUB-IEEC
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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
Interview
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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
Popularisation of Science
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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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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.
ICCUB will co-host the next ESA’s symposium dedicated to the next generation of space scientists and engineers
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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CA
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".