Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC)

On 18 May 2024, a giant superbolide overflew the Iberian peninsula ☄️ A team led by Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) has reconstructed the trajectory of the meteoroid and concluded that its most likely source is the Jupiter-family comet region. The meteoroid was registered from space and by several stations from the Spanish Meteor Network (SPMN) allowing ICE-CSIC and Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - IEEC researchers to compute its atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit. 📹Trajectory of SPMN180524F superbolide / Pau Grèbol Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dET8-pqN

🗞️ NASA's #DARTmission captures the Didymos binary asteroid system in high resolution The work, published in five articles in Nature Communications, studies the geology and origin of this binary asteroid system close to Earth. The observations identified 16 and 22 plausible craters on Didymos and Dimorphos, respectively. The analyses of the surface strengths and the number of craters allowed the team to constrain that Didymos surface is between 40 and 130 times older than its satellite Dimorphos.

In the framework of the Momentum CSIC programme, ICE-CSIC offers a position to work on Artificial Intelligence optimization techniques for astronomical scheduling tools More information https://lnkd.in/d8wJqRjP

Bon #AsteroidDay!☄ Per commemorar aquest dia des de l'Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) he presentat els nostres resultats sobre la trajectòria i l'origen del bòlid que va sobrevolar la península Ibèrica el passat 19 de maig. Ben segur que el vau veure a les xarxes! Si en voleu saber més, feu un cop d'ull al vídeo de la xerrada aquí sota👇 --- Happy #AsteroidDay!☄ In the context of this global event, I have presented at the ICE-CSIC the results of our work on the trajectory and origin of the bolide that was seen over the Iberian Peninsula on 19 May. For sure you had seen it on social media! If you want to know more about it, take a look at the talk down here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dUEHwqKz

🗞️ The project DeepSpacePULSE, led by astrophysicist Nanda Rea (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - IEEC), obtains an European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant. The project will receive €150,000 to study the feasibility of an autonomous navigation space system using X-rays from pulsars for 18 months. DeepSpacePULSE will enable potential navigations in the future in the solar system and deep space. Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/dt6sgjMt

Researcher Aldo Serenelli has been appointed director of the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), a CSIC institute affiliated with Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - IEEC. The new ICE-CSIC Managing Team includes Mar Mezcua, scientific deputy director, and Serni Ribó, technical deputy director. Find more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dS62kETM

🪐 Gliese 12 b, an intriguing Earth-sized world discovered! It is only 40 light-years away and it's a unique candidate for further atmospheric study that may help unlock some aspects of our own solar system’s evolution. 📄 Researchers from Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - IEEC and Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, CSIC, have participated in this research, whose results appear in the specialized journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters. https://lnkd.in/dHwinXme

🔭 ESA’s Euclid mission celebrates first science with five unprecedented new views of the Universe! 📰 The Euclid consortium, in which Spain has a prominent role, announces the release of its first papers. Spain is hugely involved in the mission, with a prominent role in the consortium that has led the mission from its origin. The Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), the IFAE and the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - IEEC have been involved since 2006 in the initial concepts of the mission and have been responsible for the design, construction, assembly and validation tests of the Filter Wheel Assembly (FWA) of the NISP instrument. Together with PIC, they are responsible for the cosmological simulation effort in the Euclid mission. The Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has been responsible for the design, construction and validation of the control electronics of the NISP Instrument. https://lnkd.in/dkEaMBad

Avui comença Pint Of Science ES! No us perdeu aquesta xerrada de Clàudia S., investigadora predoctoral a l'ICE-CSIC, a les 19 h a l'espai Can Batlló. Més info 👉 https://lnkd.in/ee8xj6wK

🗞️ A team of astronomers has found supermassive black holes at a key epoch in the history of the Universe called ‘Cosmic Noon’, about 10 billion years ago, in which star formation and black hole activity reached their peak. The study, led by researcher Mar Mezcua from the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - IEEC is published today in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. https://lnkd.in/dU_J-HZY