<strong>ALMA Unlocks the Chemical Secrets of a Starburst Galaxy</strong>
An international team of astrophysicists, with the participation of researchers of the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA), has observed with unprecedented detail the center of a galaxy known as NGC 253 using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). They detected more than one hundred molecules, far more than previous studies outside the Milky Way have […]
Detection of Evolutionary Conserved Peptides as Biomarkers for the Search for Life on other Planets
Research from the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, proposes the detection of selected peptides conserved throughout evolution as biomarkers for the search for life on Mars.
ASTEROID RYUGU ARRIVES AT INTA
A team led by INTA scientists, together with UAH, CIEMAT and the University of Tokyo, has obtained a sample of the asteroid Ryugu from the Japanese space agency (JAXA) for one year after passing an international competitive phase. It will be used to study the prebiotic chemistry of the origins of the Solar System using […]
The oldest known ‘dead’ galaxy detected with the James Webb Space Telescope.
An international team of researchers with the participation of the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA), a joint center of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), has discovered a dead galaxy only 700 million years after the Big Bang. JADES-GS-z7-01-QU is the oldest observed galaxy of its […]
DART Impact likely reshaped Dimorphos
The global reshaping of the asteroid Dimorphos could be a result of the impact caused by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), as suggested in a recent publication in Nature Astronomy, in which two researchers from CAB, Jens Ormö and Isabel Herreros, are coauthors. This discovery hints at the possibility that Dimorphos is essentially a […]
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024
This year, we want to show you a short but very important video to convey a message to celebrate this important day. We would like to see a future where the need for a day like this fades away as soon as possible. A future where our society and scientific system show greater equality of […]
The oldest black hole discovered thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRSpec instrument
An international group of scientists, including researchers from the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, recently presented the discovery of the oldest black hole ever observed in the journal Nature.
New “cola de gato” structure discovered with JWST
A recent study by an international team led by a researcher from the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, has discovered a new structure in the disc of Beta Pictoris. Observations with the Webb Space Telescope have revealed this cat-tail dust structure in the best-studied debris disc.
Group Achievement Award 2024 for the JWST MIRI instrument
The Royal Astronomical Society has awarded the 2024 Group Achievement Award to the international team that developed the MIRI instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which includes CAB scientists and INTA engineers. The RAS citation acknowledges the impressive achievement of successfully completing the development of this complex and lengthy project, and its culmination […]
Observada turbulencia nocturna en el cráter Jezero (Marte)
Un reciente estudio, liderado por el Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, ha evidenciado la presencia de turbulencia atmosférica nocturna en el cráter Jezero(Marte), donde se encuentra el rover Perseverance de NASA. Los datos del instrumento español MEDA (Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer)adquiridos durante la mitad de un año marciano, y las simulaciones llevadas a cabo conel […]
<strong>tRNA queuosine modification is involved in biofilm formation and virulence in bacteria</strong>
Discovery of a bacterial mechanism to increase their virulence and resistance: a new target for treatment of infections. Bacteria mainly live forming complex communities, such as biofilms, which are clusters of bacteria attached to each other and to a surface. This way of life makes them very resistant, and makes them difficult to eliminate when […]
Discovery of carbonic acid in space, first interstellar molecule with three oxygen atoms
An international team led by the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA) has discovered the presence of carbonic acid in space, the first interstellar molecule with more than three oxygen atoms and the third carboxylic acid detected to date. Its detection represents a leap in the understanding of interstellar chemical complexity, which may have played a […]
Does this planet have a sibling sharing the same orbit?
A study led by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, has found what may be the most robust evidence that pairs of planets can form by sharing a path around their star. In the orbital path of one of the two youngest known planets, PDS 70 b, a dust cloud up to twice the mass […]
The James Webb telescope detects much more light than expected coming from the primeval universe
In a recent study led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA (Spain), researchers from 9 countries have analyzed the deepest images taken by the NIRCam instrument of the James Webb telescope, within the Guaranteed Time granted to the members of the team that built the MIRI instrument, and have found many more galaxies, much […]
