@dmontesg-astro
Prof. Dpto. Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Facultad CC. Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, UCM. IPARCOS-UCM (Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos de la UCM) Ver: https://produccioncientifica.ucm.es/investigadores/141512/detalle
Next week (10-12 March 2026) the 23rd CARMENES scientific meeting will take place at @Fisicas_UCM @uni.complutense with more than 40 researchers of the consortium from Germany and Spain celebrating 10 years of science operaciones
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Closing remarks from Mercè Romero Gomez @icc-ub.bsky.social @ieec.cat at the #GaiaNIR_Spain meeting at the AEE in Sevilla. More than a hundred participants.
We are already at the Gaia NIR and the engagement of the Spanish Community meeting at the Spanish Space Agency in Sevilla indico.icc.ub.edu/e/GaiaNIRSev... for three days of present and future of #ESAGaia @icc-ub.bsky.social @ieec.cat
Esta semana (28–30 enero 2026): Workshop: La misión GaiaNIR y el compromiso de la comunidad española
www.aee.gob.es/Noticias/202...
Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) en Sevilla @aee_gob @europeanspaceagency
👉Programa:
indico.icc.ub.edu/event/675/
Hoy 12 enero 2026 durante la defensa de la tesis doctoral de Christian Duque Arribas dirigida por los Drs. Hugo M. Tabernero y David Montes, programa de doctorado en Astrofísica, @Fisicas_UCM @uni.complutense
📷Galería de fotos: photos.app.goo.gl/5NvC6kAqQjdE...
Defensa PhD tesis Christian Duque Arribas:
"From photometry to high-resolution spectroscopy:
Determining the chemical composition of M-type dwarf stars using binary systems as benchmarks” dirigida por los Drs. Hugo M. Tabernero y David Montes,
📆12 enero 2026, 11h, @fisicas-ucm.bsky.social
Todo esto es posible gracias a la pública
Jornadas de Doctorandos 2025/26 - programas de doctorado en Física y en Astrofísica,
Sesión de Invierno del 2 al 4 de diciembre de 2025.
👉 fisicas.ucm.es/doctorado
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Este Profesor defiende LA UNIVERSIDAD PÚBLICA - Hagamos que la #Huelga2627N POR LA UNIVERSIDAD PUBLICA sea inolvidable. 💚📷#Salvemoslapublica #lapublicasedefiende #ALasCallesPorLaPública #UCMporlaPublica @ucm.es
¡Arrancamos la campaña "Gracias a la Pública"!
Difundiremos mensajes de vídeo de personal y estudiantado para visibilizar la actividad que día a día realizamos en la UCM, a disposición de la sociedad gracias a la educación pública
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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
📷 Ver galeria de fotos en: photos.app.goo.gl/6hxdPjn42dWP...
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
www.ucm.es/cultura/entr...
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
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 / 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.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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