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AstrónomAs
The new exhibition ‘AstrónomAs’ focuses on women who have dedicated their nights and days to the study of astronomy.
Apps to introduce you to astronomy
Our app selection to introduce you to the world of astronomy are:
Here are the winners of the drawing contest “Draw your own Asteroid!” 2021
From the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) we are very pleased to announce the winners of the drawing contest “Draw your own Asteroid!” 2021.
Calendar of activities
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.
Outreach talk "La Vía Láctea y sus encuentros con otras galaxias"
ICCUB-IEEC researcher Teresa Antoja will be next Friday, November 10, at the Museum of Science and Cosmos in Tenerife to talk about collisions between galaxies and galactic cannibalism.
Featured Materials
Since when does spacetime exist?
The researcher Héctor Gil Marín comments on the first 3D map of the Universe
Interviewing Licia Verde: a distinguished career in precision cosmology
The biggest tridimensional map of the Univers
News
New discoveries of the James Webb Telescope with Jordi Miralda on Ràdio Estel
Ancient galaxies, atmospheres of exoplanets... What discoveries is the James Webb Space Telescope making that haven’t been observed before?
Josep Manel Carrasco becomes a regular collaborator of the "Fet a Mida" television program
The researcher of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB, Josep Manel Carrasco, joins the team of the local television programme Fet a Mida with a fortnightly scientific dissemination section.
Francesca Figueras at the radio programme La Nit dels Ignorants: "The probability of receiving a sign of life is very low"
After many years of sending messages into outer space, have we received any response? What is the probability of receiving a signal or response from another planet? Francesca Figueras Siñol, astrophysicist and researcher at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB (ICCUB) delves into this great question in the Catalan radio program La Nit dels Ignorants of Catalunya Ràdio last Wednesday, September 14.
Researcher Toni Santana-Ros collaborates with the DART mission to deflect an asteroid from its orbit
Bits of interplanetary dust and rock hit Earth all the time. Most of these are harmless and burn up in our planet’s atmosphere. Occasionally, some bigger objects make it through, causing local damage or, in extreme cases, massive devastation. But with the right technology and knowledge of asteroids’ orbits, scientists can anticipate and prevent an impact by defecting an asteroid just enough to avoid a collision.