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  • TOI-178
    Astronomers discover a surprising system of six exoplanets which orbit rhythmically
  • Lanzamiento de DRAGO
    Successful launch of DRAGO, IACTEC’s first infrared camera
  • Presentation of the video recorded by the Tenerife Symphony at the Grantecan. Credit: Cabildo de La Palma
    The Gran Telescopio Canarias observes Beethoven’s musical universe
  • HST imaging and narrow and broad components ALMA maps of ID2299. The top-left panel shows the HST-F814W imaging of the source, sampling the UV rest-frame emission from young stars. The top (bottom) rows show the CO(2-1), CO(5-4), [CI](2-1) and CO(7-6) ALMA maps of the narrow (broad) emission
    A challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies
  • Composition of the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn , with the Moon. Credit: Daniel López and Alfred Rosenberg/IAC
    The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: astronomical event of the year
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    Un/a Titulado/a Superior fuera de convenio, en la modalidad de contrato laboral de obra o servicio (Titulado Superior para apoyo a la Dirección en el Plan Estratégico de los Observatorios de Canarias (APOC) PS-2020-031

    Resolución de la Dirección del Consorcio Público Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias por la que se convoca proceso selectivo para la contratación de un/a Titulado/a Superior fuera de convenio, en la

  • Postdoc assigned to specific scientific or technical project
    Un contrato postdoctoral STrESS/One postdoctoral contract STrESS 2020 (PS-2020-057)

    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on topics within the project “Seismology and sTellar Rotation with TESS” (Ref. PID2019-107187GB-I00) funded by the Spanish Ministry of

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