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  • “Failed star” was ejected from its birthplace and could still form planets
    2026/11/04

    A “failed star” has been expelled from the stellar family in which it was born, yet it may still be forming planets around itself. Ricardo Hernández Garnica and Aina Palau Puigvert, from the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM Morelia, along with their team,  found this in their latest study.

  • Astronomy close to the public and research of international quality at IRyA
    2026/10/30

    The academic staff at the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM Morelia continues to conduct high-quality, internationally recognized astronomical research, while at the same time maintaining a close relationship with the people of Michoacán through numerous actions of public communication of astronomy.

  • What is the connection between the Milky Way and the Day of the Dead?
    2026/10/29

    Constellations are groups of stars that, when viewed from Earth, appear to form shapes in the sky. Throughout history, from prehistoric times to the present day, societies have given them names. But what do stars have to do with the Day of the Dead?

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  • How do supernovae regulate the star formation rate in dwarf galaxies?
    Whitworth, D. J.; Vázquez-Semadeni, E.; Ballesteros-Paredes, J.; Gómez, G. C.
    2026/11, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 553, stag1869

  • Next Colloquium

    * 2026/11/11
    Christoph Saulder, MPE
    Host: Gustavo Bruzual
    The large amount of data collected by current large-scale surveys will allow us to explore the properties of galaxies with unprecedented precision and help us understand their formation and evolution better than ever before. My research primarily focuses on kinematic galaxy scaling relations, which are used to measure the peculiar velocities of galaxies and thereby infer cosmological parameters. In my future research, I aim to explore how new deep imaging data can improve galaxy scaling relations, and how the full kinematic information from IFU spectroscopy can be combined with new scaling relations to obtain more accurate peculiar velocity measurements. Furthermore, given the wealth of available data, I will also study extreme and rare galaxy populations, such as red nugget relics, their formation channels, and what they can tell us about highly efficient star formation in the early Universe. In this way, my research aims to connect precision cosmology with galaxy evolution, using the same rich datasets to address both fields.

    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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