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  • 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
  • Visit of the Portuguese ambassador
    The Ambassador of Portugal in Spain visits the IAC headquarters
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) on February 27th 2020
    The natural brightness of the night sky
  • Evolution of large-scale structure as calculated by supercomputers. The boxes show how filaments and superclusters of galaxies grow over time, from billions of years after the Big Bang to current structures. Credit: Modification of work by CXC/MPE/V. Springel
    The IAC is participating in the DALI experiment, searching for the axion, proposed component of dark matter

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