In the early part of the XXI century, at a still uncertain date. A woman left in the library of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna...
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NewsA biography of possibly the first Canary astronomer will be presented, based on the discovery of a set of mysterious old exercise books in the library of the IAC
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NewsA challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies
An international study published in Nature Astronomy, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is a participant, suggests that the feedback winds...
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NewsA cold wind during the discovery outburst of a black hole
We present 12 epochs of optical spectroscopy taken across the discovery outburst of the black hole (BH) candidate MAXI J1803-298 with the Gran Telescopio...
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NewsA date with Science in Macaronesia
Tomorrow, Friday 28th September is European Researchers’ Night. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will take part in this via the Macaronight...
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NewsA dawn eclipse
Three years after the previous broadcast of a lunar eclipse, in the early morning of Sunday 15th to Monday 16th of May the Sky-live.tv channel will give live...
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NewsA delegation from the Commission for Regional Development of the European Parliament visited the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Yesterday May 23rd, a group of Members of the European Parliament belonging to the Regional Development Commission visited the Installations of the Roque de los...
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NewsA dense ultra-short period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star
Ultrashort-period (USP) exoplanets have orbital periods shorter than 1 day. Precise masses and radii of USP exoplanets could provide constraints on their...
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NewsA dwarf irregular galaxy caught in transition
Leo I is one of the youngest dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies in the Local Group. Its relative isolation, extended and complex star formation history (SFH), and...
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NewsA galaxy which outshines the rest
Gas is essential to the process of forming a galaxy. During the first stages the amount of gas present determines the number of stars which will be in the...