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    News about Tabby’s star, the most mysterious star of 2017
    Several telescopes of the Canary Island Observatories are studying this controversial star in a coordinated campaign involving over a hundred professional and...
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    Next week Nicolás Melini will visit the IAC and the Canary Island Observatories
    This writer and author of film scripts will be part of the multicultural project “En un lugar del Universo…”. He will be the eighth author to participate in...
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    NICOLÁS MELINI: “Mi experiencia en los Observatorios de Canarias ha sido muy intensa, emocionante y perturbadora”
    El escritor palmero finaliza su estancia en el marco del proyecto del IAC “En un lugar del Universo…” durante la que ha podido conocer los telescopios de las...
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    Nobel Physics Laureate Donna Strickland Visits IAC
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has welcomed Donna Strickland, 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, who delivered a lecture entitled " From Nonlinear...
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    Nobel Prize winner in Physics John Mather will explore the enigmas of physics at the Museum of Science and the Cosmos in Tenerife
    The Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, part of the Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife, will host a conference by the astrophysicist...
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    NORBERT HUBIN: “The laser star guide system with Adaptive Optics which allow us to have much better sky coverage and better telescope performance”
    “Although giant telescopes are under construction, astronomical images with good resolution cannot be obtained unless they use Adaptive Optics”, warns Norbert...
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    NORBERT LANGER: "There are still many uncertainties about the evolution of massive stars"
    Professor Norbert Langer is currently head of the Stellar Physics Group at the Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (Bonn, Germany). Considered one of the world’s...
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    Noviembre, mes de la divulgación científica
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ha participado en varios talleres y charlas en centros educativos de las Islas a lo largo del mes de noviembre...
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    Now available in open access some of the lectures of the latest educational adventure of the IAC
    Under the title "Our home in the cosmic ocean", the seventh edition of the international summer course "Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands" has...