Joan Oró graduated in Chemistry at the University of Barcelona.

The University of Barcelona dedicates a conference to the biochemist Joan Oró on the centenary of his birth

Carla Marin, investigadora ICCUB

Carla Marín Benito awarded with the Young Researcher Award in Experimental Physics by the Real Sociedad Española de física - Fundación BBVA.

The Hyades Star Cluster

New results hint at the existence of the closest Black Holes to Earth in the Hyades star cluster

The University of Barcelona joins Quantum Spain among 14 other public institutions

The University of Barcelona joins Quantum Spain among 14 other public institutions

Samuel Brieden, Jorge Hernández and Francisco Javier Bailén, recipients of the SEA Thesis Awards 2023

Samuel Brieden receives the SEA Thesis Award 2023 in astronomy and astrophysics

Figure 1: JWST NIRCam 3.6 μm image of HSC J2236+0032. The zoom-out image, the quasar image, and the host galaxy image after subtracting the quasar light (from left to right). The image scale in light years is indicated in each panel.

Starlight and the first black holes: researchers detect the host galaxies of quasars in the early universe

The image shows the orbits of more than 14 000 known asteroids (with the Sun at the centre of the image) based on information from Gaia’s second data release, which was made public in 2018.

The International Astronomical Union names asteroid 2001 QH220 after researcher Jordi Portell

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument sits atop the Mayall 4-Meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. DESI’s early data gathered in 2020 and 2021 is now publicly available. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab

DESI Early Data Release Holds Nearly Two Million Objects

Episode of the Podcast "La Veu Còsmica" with researcher Licia Verde (ICCUB)

‘La veu còsmica’ premieres its first episode, a podcast combining art and science

Virgo gravitational wave observatory

Gravitational Wave Detectors Start Next Observing Run to Explore the Secrets of the Universe

5 ICCUB researchers, recipients of the Consolidación Investigadora 2022 Call

5 ICCUB researchers, recipients of the Consolidación Investigadora 2022 Call

BlackGEM array at ESO's La Silla ready for observations.

BlackGEM telescopes begin hunt for gravitational-wave sources at ESO's La Silla Observatory