Solar Eclipse Live

Solar Eclipse Live 2015-03-19 00:00:00 On the occasion of the solar eclipse of March 20, IEEC will participate in various initiatives to bring the astronomical phenomenon to society. Time: 9:10 – 11:30 In Barcelona, scientists from the Astronomy and Meteorology...
Dark matter could be a Sun ingredient

Dark matter could be a Sun ingredient

Dark matter could be a Sun ingredient 2015-03-04 00:00:00 • Scientists propose a theoretical solution to the ‘problem of solar composition’ • It is a possibility that this work shows the first evidence of the properties of the particle forming...
Discovery of lithium in a stellar explosion

Discovery of lithium in a stellar explosion

Discovery of lithium in a stellar explosion 2015-02-19 00:00:00 – Nature publishes new observational findings today that confirm a theory by scientists from Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (CSIC-IEEC). – Now for the first time radioactive...
Black hole gamma-ray lightning

Black hole gamma-ray lightning

Black hole gamma-ray lightning 2014-11-06 00:00:00 The MAGIC telescopes at La Palma have recorded the fastest gamma-ray flares seen to date, produced in the vicinity of a super-massive black hole. The scientists explain this phenomenon by a mechanism similar to that...