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  • Artistic impression of a binary system similar to KIC 10001167
    The IAC validates a method for measuring the masses of stars using their seismic waves
  • Combined image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS formed by 239 exposures of 50 seconds taken with the Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT3) at the Teide Observatory.
    3I/ATLAS: The IAC is monitoring closely the third interstellar object detected in the Solar System
  • An artist's impression of PLATO, a European mission that will search for Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting neighbouring stars from 2026 onwards.
    PLATO reaches a milestone in its construction, and is getting ready to look for planets similar to Earth
  • Valentín Martínez Pillet, the director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC).
    Valentín Martínez Pillet, the Director of the IAC, elected as Corresponding Academician of the Spanish Royal Academy of Science
  • Installation of the scientific detector in the FRIDA instrument at the UNAM laboratories in Mexico City.
    The IAC successfully integrates the scientific detector into FRIDA, a new high-resolution instrument for the Grantecan
  • Visita de la delegación del Instituto de Óptica, Mecánica Fina y Física de Changchun (CIOMP) al IAC.
    El IAC y CIOMP coordinan la fabricación de los espejos del telescopio SELF
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    GaiaAlerts2025: The 16th Gaia Science Alerts and ACME Time-Domain Workshop
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    1st UNDARK Workshop: Astrophysical Probes of Dark Sectors with Radiowave Observations
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    Brown Dwarfs Keep Their Cool: 30 years of Substellar Science
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