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  • 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?

  • The community remembers Jorge Cantó
    2026/10/24

    On October 19, 2026, colleagues, family, and friends of Jorge Cantó Illa gathered at the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM, Campus Morelia, to celebrate his astronomical work and reflect on experiences shared over the past five decades.

Latest publication

  • Breaking the blend: a multitracer kinematic decomposition method for IFS data applied to disentangling the AGN outflow and circumnuclear ring in NGC 5728 with JWST
    Veenema, Oscar; Thatte, Niranjan; Rigopoulou, Dimitra; Davies, Richard I.; Pereira-Santaella, Miguel; García-Bernete, Ismael; Alonso-Herrero, Almudena; Audibert, Anelise; Bellocchi, Enrica; Bunker, Andrew J.; Combes, Françoise; Díaz Santos, Tanio; Donnan, Fergus R.; Esparza-Arredondo, Donaji; Esposito, Federico; García-Burillo, Santiago; García-Lorenzo, Begoña; Gonzalez Martin, Omaira; Hermosa Muñoz, Laura; Hicks, Erin K. S.;
    2026/11, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 552, stag1917

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    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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