The SCITECHSS Group is a research and development team of scientists and engineers based at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía–CSIC (Granada-Spain). It devotes its efforts to develop instruments for the exploration of our Solar System with the aim of obtaining scientific data. The analysis and interpretation of these data allow us to advance in the understanding of the nature of the planets, their satellites, and the small bodies.
Latest news
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That’s weird!
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Our colleague J.L. Ortiz, from IAA, has been leading a recent and very interesting work on one of the five official dwarf planets: Eris. This dwarf planet, orbited by its satellite Dysnomia, seems to have comparatively large albedo and density. Its presumably homogeneous surface prevented to determine its spin period for long until very recently,…
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Good news for everyone!
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We want to share that Luisa M. Lara, PI of Scitechss, has been appointed as member of the Comité de Apoyo de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Agencia Espacial Española (AEE). Luisa’s appointment reflects her commitment and passion for space exploration, and we are confident that her knowledge, and experience will greatly benefit the committee’s…
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That’s fast!
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A team of astronomers, with the participation of Scitechss members, has detected very powerful winds and significant temperature variations in the atmosphere of the giant exoplanet WASP-127b located over 500 light-years from Earth. The discovery was made using the CRIRES+ instrument mounted on one of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in…