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Euclid space telescope’s Near-Infrared instrument ready to draw a 3-D map of galaxies of the distant Universe
July 9, 2020
ESA’s Euclid mission to study more than a billion galaxies is a step closer to launch as its two instruments are now built and fully tested, including the complex near Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument
Cosmic Cataclysm allows precise test of General Relativity
The detection of a gamma ray burst by the MAGIC telescopes allows to study whether the speed of light in vacuum is a constant of nature. The results, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, show that photons of different energies emitted about 4.5 billion years ago reach Earth with a time difference of less than one minute, thus putting a limit on the hypothesis that the velocity of photons depends on their energy.
Virgo and LIGO spot a mystery object merging with a black hole
June 23, 2020
Virgo and LIGO have announced the discovery of a compact object of about 2.6 solar masses, placing it in a range between the heaviest neutron star and the lightest black hole ever seen.
CTA Prototype LST-1 Detects Very High-Energy Emission from the Crab Pulsar
June 22, 2020
The first prototype of the Large Size Telescope (LST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Network (CTA), the LST-1, has detected the Crab Pulsar, the neutron star at the centre of the Crab Nebula. This observation certifies the proper functioning of this telescope, which is currently in the commissioning phase.
T2K Results Restrict Possible Values of Neutrino CP Phase
April 15, 2020
The T2K Collaboration has published in Nature new results showing the strongest constraint yet on the parameter that governs the breaking of the symmetry between matter and antimatter in neutrino oscillations.
GW190412: The merger of two black holes with unequal masses
April 12, 2020
The LIGO and Virgo Collaborations have observed gravitational waves produced by the inspiral and merger of two black holes. The signal, named GW190412, was produced by a coalescing BBH system with unequal masses, one component being more than 3 times heavier than the other one.
IFAE coordinates the FET-Open project AVaQus to develop new quantum computing technologies
April 1, 2020
IFAE leads the AVaQus project, which aims to radically upgrade current quantum annealing technology by engineering novel superconducting quantum circuits.
Breaking the limits: Discovery of the highest-energy photons from a gamma-ray burst
November 19, 2019
The first GRB detected by the MAGIC telescopes, known as GRB 190114C, reveals for the first time the highest energy photons measured from these objects.
DESI Opens Its 5,000 Eyes to Capture the Colors of the Cosmos
October 28, 2019
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a new instrument designed to accurately map the Universe, begins its final testing stage.
