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  • Planets have life: IRyA’s Astronomy Fridays
    2026/04/22

    Planets have life; yes, you read that right. Well, it is more like planets have a life: they are born, grow, and live around their star, sometimes for a very long time and sometimes not so long. And sometimes planets die too. But there could also be life on planets. What might this life be like? Where is it? Have we found it yet?

  • IRyA and the Nuevo Laredo Technological University sign agreements for the ngVLA
    2026/04/06

    Academic collaboration is vital for the development of science, technology, and innovation in Mexico. Therefore, on March 25, 2026, representatives from UNAM Morelia and the Technological University of Nuevo Laredo (UTNL) signed two agreements.

  • New book written at IRyA, a global reference in star formation
    2026/02/27

    A new specialized book could become a global reference for the field of star formation. Written by Enrique Vázquez Semadeni, a researcher at UNAM Morelia, the book explores how gas flows in our galaxy and how this leads to the birth of new stars.

Latest publication

  • Probing Star-forming Properties via ALMA Observations of Massive Protocluster IRAS 15596-5301
    Chang, Faxian; Tang, Mengyao; Liu, Tie; Zapata, Luis A.; Yang, Dongting; Peng, Yaping; Zhang, Chao; Xu, Fengwei; Chen, Y. H.; Li, Shujie; Ruan, Meng
    2026/05, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26, 055004

  • Next Colloquium

    2026/04/30
    Pedro Humire, University of São Paulo
    Host: Ramandeep Gill
    T.B.D.

    Spotlight on Research

    #1: A dying galaxy triggers the birth of new stars
    2022/01/30

    What caused our Sun to be born? A recent paper by researchers from the Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (IRyA) suggests that the answer may lie in a small satellite galaxy that is slowly being devoured by our larger Milky Way Galaxy.

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