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    IACTEC: commited to technological training
  • View of the cluster if the contamination of stars and dust that hides it could be removed. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC).
    Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum
  • Supermassive black holes in active galaxies show accretion states similar to those seen in stellar-mass black holes in our galaxy. Credit: Teo Muñoz Darias/Juan A. Fernández Ontiveros
    Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
  • Graphic representation of the precessing warp of the Milky Way disc. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC).
    Does the Milky Way move like a spinning top?
  • European Solar Telescope (EST). Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC)
    The European Solar Telescope will be installed on La Palma
  • Cartel del curso "PETeR: Investigar el Universo con telescopios robóticos" organizado por el IAC y el Área STEAM de la Consejería de Educación, Universidades, Cultura y deportes del Gob. de Canarias
    PETeR's new online courses for teachers

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