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  • Eric Jiménez elected Young Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences
    2025/12/29

    Eric Jiménez Andrade, researcher at the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA), UNAM Morelia, was elected as Young Fellow to represent the Physics and Astronomy division of Latin America and the Caribbean, in The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

  • Susana Lizano awarded Honoris Causa Doctorate by UNAM
    2025/12/22

    Susana Lizano Soberón, Emeritus Researcher at the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in Morelia, received an honorary doctorate from the Rector of UNAM, Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, in a solemn ceremony at the Palacio de Minería in Mexico City on November 18.

  • IRyA leads historical agreement between Mexican universities and institutions and NRAO
    2025/12/15

    The Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM Morelia leads a series of landmark agreements between several Mexican universities and institutions and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) aimed at advancing Mexico’s role in the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) project. This represents a significant step in strengthening international collaboration for one of the world’s most ambitious astronomical observatories.

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  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey. V. Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy
    Kollmeier, Juna A.; Rix, Hans-Walter; Aerts, Conny; Aird, James; Alfaro, Pablo Vera; Almeida, Andrés; Anderson, Scott F.; Arseneau, Stefan M.; Assef, Roberto J.; Aviram, Shir; Aydar, Catarina; Badenes, Carles; Bandyopadhyay, Avrajit; Barger, Kat; Barkhouser, Robert H.; Bauer, Franz E.; Behmard, Aida; Bender, Chad; Besser, Felipe; Bhattarai, Binod;
    2026/01, The Astronomical Journal, 171, 52

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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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