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Institute of Space Sciences
Recent research
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Cartographing Gravity: Operational Maps, the Conatus of Proper Time, and the Potentia of Matter
Classical natural philosophy sought the natural law governing the motion of free bodies long before daring to construct the appropriate mathematical formalism. Following this longstanding methodological perspective, in the present work General Relativity is reconstructed from ope...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Abstract The progenitors of many Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) and those of γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are strongly linked. Given that ”dark” GRBs are typically found to be events suffering from enhanced extinction in the host galaxy, we investigate the nature of ”dark” FXTs. However, un...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
The efficient star-forming regions of stripped-envelope supernovae
Abstract Massive stars ($\ge 8\, \rm {M}_{\odot }$) play a key role in shaping the interstellar medium of galaxies through stellar feedback. However, how these stars form and evolve before exploding as core-collapse supernovae (SNe) remains elusive. We compute for the first time...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Measuring masses of transiting Earth-like planets: first insights from the PLATO RV Data Challenge
Abstract The PLATO Stellar Variability Mitigation Working Group designed a radial-velocity (RV) data challenge to assess the precision and accuracy achievable on RV semi-amplitudes in the context of the future PLATO follow-up. Using Sun-as-a-star observations obtained with HARPS-...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background Temperature and relative humidity are key drivers of ectotherm physiology, yet their combined effects on insecticide performance remain poorly understood. Here, we experimentally quantified how both temperature and relative humidity influence the toxicity of two widely...