Global map of light pollution in Catalonia.

First global map of light pollution in Catalonia developed using advanced modeling

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powerful flashes of energetic gamma-rays lasting from less than a second to several minutes. They release a tremendous amount of energy in this short time making them the most powerful events in the Universe. They are thought to be mostly associated with the explosion of stars that collapse into black holes. In the explosion, two jets of very fast-moving material are ejected, as depicted in this artist’s illustration. If a jet happens to be aimed at Earth, we see a brief but powe

Record-breaking Gamma-Ray burst provides new clues on cosmic jets

ICCUB Scientific director, Licia Verde, accepts the 20225-2031 María de Maeztu accreditation

ICCUB receives 2024 María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence Accreditation

3I/ATLAS – This diagram shows the path of the interstellar comet 3IATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will reach its closest point to the Sun in October.

UA and ICCUB participate in the first scientific article on the discovery of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS

L'acte central de l'any AssumpcióCatalà, primera professora astrònoma l'Estat, reflexiona sobre dones i ciència

The central event of the year Assumpció Català, the first female astronomy professor in the State, reflects on the situation of women in science

Bose-Einstein graviton condensates

A bold leap in understanding the origins of the Universe: Scientists propose a new model for Cosmic Inflation

3I/ATLAS interstellar object observed by the Joan Oró Telescope at the Montsec Observatory

Astronomers discover third interstellar visitor: 3I/ATLAS

Photograph of the bottom half of the Sun, with a highlighted square region around the Sun's south pole. Taken in ultraviolet light, the image shows the hot gas in the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, glowing yellow as it extends outwards in threads and loops from the Sun.

Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s South Pole

Joan Solà Peracaula, ICCUB

ICCUB researcher Joan Solà Peracaula wins Universe Best Paper Award for work on Dark Energy

Quark-gluon plasma illustration

New study sheds light on the behavior of heavy particles in the hottest matter in the Universe

Acte de lliurament dels Premis Sant Jordi 2025 de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC)

Francesc Sabater wins Jordi Porta i Jué Prize for his Master's Thesis in quantum physics

Simons Foundation

Simons Foundation Supports Groundbreaking Research at ICCUB

Column density images of subvolumes of the simulation. The entire computational domain is a cube with a side length of 4 pc. The main image is the projection, i.e., the hydrogen column density NH, of a subcube with dimensions 1.2 pc, approximately centred around a PMS bound triple system (indicated by white dots). The three insets show parts of the three orthogonal projections of a 10,000 au volume, positioned to capture the BH tails of the triple system.

New discovery changes our understanding of how Stars and Planets form