•  In Morelia there will be observation sites at UNAM Campus Morelia, UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia and the Morelia Planetarium “Lic. Felipe Rivera”

Laurent Loinard, researcher at the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM, Campus Morelia, will be “Robert F. Kennedy” Visiting Professor at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, United States, starting in Fall 2024.

A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Seen in polarized light for the first time, this new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy has revealed a magnetic field structure strikingly similar to that of the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy, suggesting that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes. This similarity also hints toward a hidden jet in Sgr A*. The results were published today in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

• The next solar eclipse will be on April 8, 2024. It will be total in the regions of Sinaloa, Durango and Coahuila, and partial in the rest of the country, including Michoacán

When we think of planetary systems, we imagine one or two stars and planets orbiting them. Surprisingly, astronomers from UNAM found a double system of planets that revolve around each other without a star, and also emit energy in radio waves.