David Montes

Hoy 16 de oct 2025 el publico que ha asistido a Madrid Otra Mirada (MOM) en el @ObservaUCM ha podido disfrutar de la visita al observatorio y la observación solar con manchas y protuberancias @fisicas-ucm.bsky.social
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Acto de Graduación de la Promoción 2024-2025 de los Graduados en Ingeniería de Materiales e Ingeniería Electrónica de Comunicaciones de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas @Fisicas_UCM @unicomplutense
Aula Magna (3 octubre 2025).
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New CARMENES TESS result: TOI-2093 c the smallest exoplanet known in the habitable zone of a main-sequence FGK star
- A planetary system with a sub-Neptune planet in the habitable zone of TOI-2093
Sanz-Forcada, et al., A&A, arxiv.org/abs/2510.00299

El Observatorio UCM participa en Madrid Otra Mirada (MOM) 2025: Visita guiada con observación diurna el jueves 16 (manchas solares y protuberancias) y nocturna el viernes 17 (planetas, estrellas, nebulosas y galaxias) @fisicas-ucm.bsky.social
👉Inscripción 2 oct a las 10h
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Acto de Graduación de la Promoción 2024-2025 de los Graduados en Física en el Anfiteatro Ramón y Cajal de la Facultad de Medicina (26 septiembre 2025).
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Discovery of a transiting hot water-world candidate orbiting Ross 176 with TESS and CARMENES. S. Geraldía-González et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15763

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The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Revisiting the GJ 317, GJ 463, and GJ 3512 systems and two newly discovered planets orbiting GJ 9773 and GJ 508.2. J. C. Morales et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15516

Gemini North Discovers Long-Predicted Stellar Companion of Betelgeuse - Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals never-before-seen companion to Betelgeuse, solving millennia-old mystery Astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse using the NASA and U.S. National Science Foundation-funded ‘Alopeke instrument on Gemini North, one half of ...

NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab): Gemini North Discovers Long-Predicted Stellar Companion of Betelgeuse noirlab.edu/public/news/...

The fuzzy, yellow outline of a spiral shape. It glows more strongly towards the bottom right of the spiral, and close to the centre of the spiral, on it's right hand side, is a particular spot of light that has been circled in white to highlight it. This is the possible location of a new exoplanet candidate. The very centre of this spiral is completely black, having been removed by the instrument that took this picture.

Against a backdrop of complete darkness, two glowing spots of light can be seen in the middle of this image. At the very centre, a bright orange point of light is surrounded by three rings of orange material, which vary in thickness as they get further from the central point. Below these glowing rings, and slightly to the right, is a faint orange smudge that has been circled in white to highlight its presence. This is the possible companion found around the central star.

Our VLT may have made intriguing discoveries in the surroundings of young stars:

➡️ A planet candidate inside a disc spiral (image 1)
➡️ A planet or brown dwarf candidate forming through gravitational instability (image 2)

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2513/

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High-resolution Ultraviolet-to-nearinfrared Characterization of Exoplanet Atmospheres. Patricio E. Cubillos et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03060

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Metallicities of M Dwarf Planet Host Stars from Kepler, K2, and TESS observed by APOGEE: Trends with Exoplanetary Radii and Orbital Periods. Fábio Wanderley et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04066

With the Poster: "Activity- and magnetically-sensitive spectral lines in M dwarfs in the @CARMENES_exopl spectral range" David Montes at the EPRV 6 (The Sixth Workshop on Extremely Precise Radial Velocities) in Porto. #EPRV6_Porto @IAstroPT
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Close-in planet induces flares on its host star In the past decade, hundreds of exoplanets have been discovered in extremely short orbits below 10 days. Unlike in the Solar System, planets in these systems orbit their host stars close enough to dis...

Close-in planet induces flares on its host star / Searching for planet-induced radio signal from the young close-in planet host star HIP 67522: arxiv.org/abs/2507.00791 / arxiv.org/abs/2507.00796 -> Clingy planets can trigger own doom, suspect Cheops and TESS: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

A bright, fiery, orange-yellow star with swooping magnetic field lines, releasing an intense flare of light into space. To the right of the star, there is a small red planet touching one of the star's magnetic field lines. The flare is blasting in the direction of the planet. A haze of gas around the planet seems to be being pushed out into space. The background is filled with stars, giving the impression of deep space.

🆕For the first time, astronomers using our Cheops mission have caught a planet triggering flares of radiation from the star it orbits 🪐💥

These tremendous explosions are blasting away the planet’s wispy atmosphere, causing it to shrink every year.

Find out more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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We are starting the sixth workshop on Extremely Precise Radial Velocities #eprv6. Which we will discuss the state of the art and future developments of Radial Velocities for exoplanet sciences, in the beautiful city of Porto #exoplanets 🔭

An Earth-like Density for the Temperate Earth-sized Planet GJ 12b
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.20561
Madison Brady, Jacob Bean, Ritvik Basant, Nina Brown, Tanya Das, Matthew Nixon, Rafael Luque, Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Michael Radica, Andreas Seifahrt, Julian Stürmer, Lily Zhao.

The mass of the exo-Venus Gliese 12 b, as revealed by HARPS-N, ESPRESSO, and CARMENES
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.20564
Daisy A. Turner et al.

An image of a nearby star and its vicinity. The star itself has been blocked out and its bright light has been removed. A dashed circle with a star symbol at the centre of the image marks the star’s location. A fuzzy blue disc surrounds the star. An orange spot, near to the star and inside this disc, is identified as a planet orbiting the star. A fainter orange spot far from the centre marks a distant star.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence of a cold, Saturn-mass planet around the star TWA 7, seemingly sculpting its disc of debris!

If confirmed, this would be Webb’s first direct image discovery of a planet.

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🔭 The annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society will take place in Cork, Ireland, from 23-27 June 2025.

Over 2000 astronomers and space scientists will attend. Registration is still open: eas.unige.ch/EAS2025/regi...

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✔️ El hallazgo de un planeta gigante alrededor de una estrella diminuta pone en jaque las teorías sobre la formación planetaria

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New paper today:
- A neural network approach to determining photometric metallicities of M-type dwarf stars
C. Duque-Arribas, H. M. Tabernero, D. Montes, J. A. Caballero, E. Galceran
A&AL
arxiv.org/abs/2505.16539

Abundance analysis of benchmark M dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.07116
T. Olander, U. Heiter, N. Piskunov, J. Köhler, O. Kochukhov.

Último día de clase de Técnicas Experimentales en Astrofísica del @masterastroucm.bsky.social en el curso 2024-2025. Excelentes exposiciones orales de las/os estudiantes con los datos obtenidos en el Observatorio de Calar Alto.

Hoy 7 de mayo 2025 a las 15h30m dentro de la Jornadas de Introducción a la Investigación de @Fisicas_UCM sesión informativa del grupo de investigación "Astrofísica estelar y exoplanetas" del Dpto FTA e @IPARCOS_UCM y @CARMENES_exopl con varias charlas
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Instrumentation prospects for rocky exoplanet atmospheres studies with high resolution spectroscopy
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.01102
Surangkhana Rukdee.

Benchmark stars for mean stellar density and surface gravity estimates of solar-type stars
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.01154
P. F. L. Maxted.

Precioso arcoíris 🌈 el 4 de mayo de 2025, 7:51 p. m sacado desde el bus entre Palencia y Madrid. Se observa además el segundo arcoíris más separado menos intenso y con los colores invertidos debido a la segunda reflexión de la luz del Sol en las gotas de agua. #arcoiris

Jornadas de Introducción a la Investigación de @Fisicas_UCM del 30 abril - 7 mayo 2025.
Infórmate sobre los pasos a seguir para iniciar una carrera investigadora y conoce la investigación que se hace en los Departamentos y sus grupos de investigación
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YouTube video by IAA - Comunicación CARMENES, el arma secreta para buscar exoplanetas - Buscando exoplanetas / Andalucía en el Espacio

¿Sabes qué es CARMENES?

#AndaluciaEnElEspacio, la serie de vídeos donde entenderemos algunos de los proyectos en los que participa el IAA-CSIC

Vídeo realizado por @elenaalcina.bsky.social como parte de su TFG. ¡No olvides comentar con todas tus dudas y opiniones!

www.youtube.com/shorts/tebo-...

A transiting rocky super-Earth and a non-transiting sub-Neptune orbiting the M dwarf TOI-771
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.18223
G. Lacedelli et al.