Departamento de Física

Chile’s Astronomical Edge: Usach Collaboration Reshapes Understanding of Planet Formation

This research was led by Santiago Orcajo, a researcher affiliated with the Institute of Astrophysics of La Plata (Argentina). The study was conducted under the auspices of the Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Young Exoplanets and their Moons (YEMS), an initiative that convenes researchers from four Chilean academic institutions, including the University of Santiago de Chile (Usach).

Usach Researcher in Nature Astronomy: Massive Black Holes Create Their Own Fuel

A significant discovery by Valeria Olivares, a physicist at the University of Santiago, and an international team of astronomers, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals a correlation between the surface brightness of hot and warm gas in the central filaments of galaxy clusters. 

This finding provides crucial insight into the origin of these gaseous filaments, the primary fuel source for supermassive black holes and star formation. 

Usach Researcher in Nature Astronomy: Massive Black Holes Create Their Own Fuel

A significant discovery by Valeria Olivares, a physicist at the University of Santiago, and an international team of astronomers, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals a correlation between the surface brightness of hot and warm gas in the central filaments of galaxy clusters. 

This finding provides crucial insight into the origin of these gaseous filaments, the primary fuel source for supermassive black holes and star formation.