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News

  • Poster for the first edition of ‘Astronomy on Tap – Canary Islands’
    Astronomy on Tap arrives in Spain: first edition in the Canary Islands
  • An artist's impression of Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26.
    Gran Telescopio Canarias observations confirm that Hayabusa2's asteroid target is smaller and faster than expected
  • Poster for the second session of the science outreach series “From the sky to the thesis”
    IAC doctoral students tackle galactic archaeology and research into ‘other worlds’ at the Museum of Science and the Cosmos
  • Attendees at the Durham Advanced School on Astrophysical Simulations
    The IAC participates in an advanced school on astrophysical simulations in Durham organized by the ExGal-Twin project
  • Artistic illustration. Credit: Elsa Bersier - CFPArts / ESBDi Genève
    The IAC participates in a complex observation campaign to unravel the enigmatic 'Neptunian desert'
  • Poster for the 7th Spanish-American Writers’ Festival
    The IAC collaborates once again with the Spanish-American Writers’ Festival in La Palma
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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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