The ALISIO-1 satellite shows its efficiency in following the eruptions of the Mexican volcano Popocatépetl |
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XVII aniversario de la Declaración Starlight en Defensa del Cielo Nocturno |
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An honorary prize from the American Astronomical Society remembers solar physicist Irene González Hernández |
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Hydrogenated amorphous carbon grains as a carrier of unidentified IR bands in planetary nebulae |
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The Centre for Astrophysics on La Palma is renamed “Francisco Sánchez” in honour of the founder of the IAC |
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The mystery of the fullerenes in space explained |
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Astronomers find evidence that blue supergiant stars can be formed by the merger of two stars |
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Astronomers confirm a new “Trojan” asteroid that shares an orbit with Mars |
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Teacher training at IACTEC: proyect Planet Change |
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La Caixa Foundation awards 5 research grants for doctoral and post-doctoral projects at the IAC |
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IAC astrophysicist Arianna Di Cintio receives the Junior Research Award at ULL's Institutional Day |
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El IAC da pasos firmes en su compromiso continuo con la Igualdad |
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Expo at IACTEC: Clemencia Hardisson |
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The Museum of Science and the Cosmos hosts the Forum of Women Scientists and Technologists of the Canary Islands |
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The IAC hosts the meeting of the NEOMIR mission that will boost the early detection of asteroids. |
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IAC Deputy Director Casiana Muñoz Tuñón receives the Bandera de Andalucía Award |
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CARMENES exoplanet hunter scientific meeting |
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Astronomers observe the effect of dark matter on the evolution of the galaxies |
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First observations of the Canary Islands satellite ALISIO-1 from space |
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LIOM, the IAC's technological laboratory for finding life beyond the Solar System |
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El IAC y el Ayuntamiento de La Laguna fomentan la calidad del cielo |
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Sixth edition of "Talk to Them: Women in Astronomy" and other initiatives to celebrate the Day of Women and Girls in Science |
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The IAC hosts the annual meeting of the DALI experiment to search for dark matter |
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The light pollution in Macaronesia is on the increase |
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MIT Astronomy Field Camp returns to the Teide Observatory |
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A novel code for exploring the magnetic field of the solar corona |
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Scientific results with the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey: The anomalous microwave emission in our Galaxy and M31 |
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El Consejo Rector del IAC nombra a Valentín Martínez Pillet futuro director del centro |
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Astronomers discover that the first galaxies had very different shapes to today's galaxies |
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Astronomers make a significant advance in our knowledge of the asteroids nearest to the Earth, the Arjunas |
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Observers measure how Andromeda’s central black hole is fed |
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Nube, the almost invisible galaxy which challenges the dark matter model |
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Calendario astronómico de 2024 |
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LST-1 telescope on La Palma detects the most distant quasar at very high energies |
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The "Visiting Researchers" programme of the Occident Foundation strengthens the commitment to attract prestigious scientific personnel to the IAC |
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New Director of the Museum of Science and Cosmos |
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An asteroid is named after the Jesuit Juan Casanovas, founder of the Solar Physics group at the IAC |
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Gemínidas en defensa del cielo nocturno |
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El IAC envía al Espacio el primer satélite canario |
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A huge stream of stars is discovered in the Coma cluster |
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The synchronized dance of a system of six planets is revealed |
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Closing of the IAC Winter School 2023 |
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Official inauguration of the educational project CosmoLab 2023-2027 |
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Astronomers find the key for detecting the largest structures in the early universe |
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IACTEC and the prompt detection of a diabetic foot |
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On the magnetic nature of quiet-Sun chromospheric grains |
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Carmen del Puerto receives the outreach award at the Villa de La Orotava Science Fair |
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US ambassador visits the IAC headquarters |
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The JWST view of the barred galaxy population in the SMACS0723 galaxy cluster |
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Public talk: The Milky Way and its impacts with other galaxies |
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Discovered: the most distant barred spiral galaxy (until now) |
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Euclid release its first images: the dazzling edge of darkness |
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A conference celebrates 60 years in astrophysics by IAC researcher John Beckman |
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The Local Group as a benchmark for Galaxy Evolution, on IAC Winter School |
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The President of the Canary Islands Government visits the IACTEC |
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Starmus premieres documentary and announces a special edition of the festival on La Palma |
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Meeting in La Palma of the International Scientific Committee of the Canary Islands Observatories |
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The countdown for the launch of ALISIO-1 has begun |
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Un mapa para recuperar la noche |
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William Herschel Telescope inaugurates its new WEAVE spectrograph |
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A shared accretion instability for black holes and neutron stars |
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Open clusters lose stars as they age, study finds |
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The first meeting of the major astronomical observatories in Spain is held in La Palma |
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The IAC organises the third technical conference of the Research Results Transfer Offices in the Canaries |
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The Space Working Group of the EU's Competitiveness and Innovation Council gets to know the Canary Islands Observatories |
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Dating stars with magnetic activity |
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The IAC organises the CLASP2.1 space mission scientific meeting |
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How far does light pollution reach? |
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The Infrared: beyond the rainbow |
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The Secretary of State for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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Arranca en La Palma el congreso de la Unión Astronómica Internacional sobre las constelaciones de satélites y su impacto en el cielo nocturno |
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Santa Cruz de La Palma will once again host the mayor international meeting for the protection of the skies |
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The IAC hosts the presentation of the "Tenerife Declaration" to improve the distribution of research infrastructures in Europe |
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Tenerife welcomes Research Infrastructures Week |
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The impact of deep learning for the analysis of galaxy surveys |
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The James Webb observes the first galaxies in the universe and discovers and “impostor” |
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2023 DZ2 asteroid will not collide with Earth, study finds |
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ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the Sun |
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The densest “Neptune” ever observed |
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Confronting fuzzy dark matter with the rotation curves of nearby dwarf irregular galaxies |
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The relic galaxy NGC 1277 lacks dark matter |
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Astronomy day with Saharawi children and their host families on Tenerife |
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The president of the Cabildo de La Palma visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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Teresa Ribera visits the Teide Observatory to assess the effects of the fire |
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IAC communiqué on the Izaña Fire |
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The residents of Garafía visit the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on a day of sharing |
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Impressive images of the Ring Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope |
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La lluvia más esperada del verano |
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El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, nuevo miembro de AESEMI |
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The President of the Cabildo de Tenerife and the Councillor for Innovation, Research and Development visit the IAC |
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First test of the Euclid telescope in space. |
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The ninth edition of the AEACI promotes astronomy education once more |
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Grantecan solves an old puzzle about the brightness of galaxy discs |
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A workshop in La Palma consolidates scientific collaboration in astronomy between Spain and China |
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The CSIC and the IAC take part in the creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation |
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Rafael Rebolo and Romano Corradi receive the 'Order of the Star of Italy' |
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The puzzle of the galaxy with no dark matter |
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Sky protection is one of the central issues on the agenda of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union |
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The Euclid telescope takes off to explore the dark universe |
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The group of presidents of the TSJs visit the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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Temperature inhomogeneities cause the abundance discrepancy in H II regions |
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Blue Supergiants observed in detail |
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The definitive book about the cultural role of astronomy in ancient Egypt |
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Massive pulsating star provides clues to calibrate stellar evolution models |
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The effects of light pollution on astronomy are increasing |
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Funding for Grantecan's activities in the coming years is consolidated |
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An amino acid essential for life is found in interstellar space |
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IAC Statement: The Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) announces a temporary cut of the road inside the Observatory |
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Astronomers study the magnetic chaos of galaxies in the nearby Universe |
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Nearly Two Million Objects to Study Dark Energy with DESI |
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The IX International Summer School for teachers at the IAC will be focused on the study of "Other Worlds" |
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New Open Days at the Teide Observatory |
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IACNet DNS Firewall Protection Service |
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Evidence of water found in the atmosphere of an ultra-hot gas giant |
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The IAC and the Canary company Light Bridges will collaborate to install a robotic telescope in the Teide Observatory |
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A new explanation for the high temperatures of the solar corona |
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Astronomers find Earth-sized world potentially covered in volcanoes |
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An old problem about the measurement of the chemical composition of the universe has been resolved |
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New contracts for young people through the INVESTIGO Programme |
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The mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole, solved |
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Astronomers solve the mystery of how quasars are ignited |
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Astronomers discover tiny galaxy with extraordinary star formation in distant Universe |
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Does the merger of two black holes emit light? The Subaru+GTC collaboration tries to answer this question |
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El IAC se suma a la celebración del Día Mundial de la Tecnología Cuántica |
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DRAGO-2 makes its first observations from space |
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Molecules precursors to life discovered in the Perseus Cloud |
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High number of faint, ultra-diffuse galaxies in our Local Group discovered |
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Astronomers witness the birth of a cluster of galaxies from the early Universe |
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The Japanese ambassador visits the ORM |
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Relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy |
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Discovery of relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy |
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The IAC moves forward in its commitment to equality |
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The outburst of a neutron star reveals the nature of phenomena only observed in black holes |
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The IAC joins the Open Administration Week with visits to the La Palma Supercomputing Node |
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CARMENES project boosts the number of known planets in the solar neighbourhood |
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First MIT Astronomy Field Camp at the Teide Observatory |
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The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias formalizes the contract to strengthen submarine digital connectivity |
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The Gran Telescopio Canarias plays a key role in the discovery of the ring of the dwarf planet Quaoar |
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Con todas las letras de la ciencia |
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Education and social awareness activities to promote the participation of women and girls in Science |
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Initiation of LIOM, the IAC Laboratory for Innovation in Optomechanics |
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The scientific team of the ESPRESSO instrument meets to review its first 5 years |
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Itxiar Anguita Fontecha, a fighter for Equality, Accessibility, and Inclusion |
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The IAC hosted the meetings of the PERTE Chip Commissioner, with firms and academic departments in the semiconductor field |
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A near-pristine star found to be binary |
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QUIJOTE maps the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic field |
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Astronomical calendar 2023 |
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Astronomers find the origin of one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way |
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The IAC sends to space its second instrument for Earth observation |
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¿Qué le pides al nuevo año? Cuadrántidas 2023 |
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Matter that shows when numbers do not work out and other unknowns |
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The WEAVE spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope takes its first light data at the ORM |
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Hospital Universitario de Canarias and IAC make progress in the early detection of colon cancer with artificial intelligence |
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ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the Sun |
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James Webb Telescope reveals the possible origin of the mysterious shapes in the Southern Ring Nebula |
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Last wishes of the year: Geminids 2022 |
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The Jesús Serra Foundation and the IAC reaffirm their commitment to collaborate in attracting prestigious international visiting scientists |
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The James Webb telescope produces an unparalleled view of the ghostly light in galaxy clusters |
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The IAC initiates the Preliminary Market Inquiry for a new telecommunications project in the framework of the Recovery Plan |
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The challenges of Astrophysics and Cosmology |
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Can we listen to dark matter? |
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The IAC is leading a COST action of the European Union to study carbon nanostructures in space |
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James Webb telescope reveals an exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before |
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XXXIII Canary Islands Winter School - Overlaps at the Frontiers of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics |
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The International Scientific Committee of the Canary Observatories met in the University of La Laguna |
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IACTEC develops a model to simulate pathologies of a diabetic foot |
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The European Space Agency and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias celebrate their silver anniversary in Tenerife |
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The Spanish Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, Esther Monterrubio, and the President of the COPUOS Subcommittee on Scientific and Technical Affairs, Juan Francisco Facetti, visit the IAC and the Canary Islands Observatories |
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The European Research Council has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Advanced Grants” to IAC’s SUBSTELLAR project |
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Unravelling coronal bright points |
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Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere |
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Segunda visita de los Amigos del IAC al Observatorio del Teide |
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James Webb telescope studies organic molecules near black holes |
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Summer School on "Eclipsing binaries and asteroseismology" held in La Palma |
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New insights into the puzzle of strong CO absorptions in massive early-type galaxies |
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The European Solar Telescope project presents the design for its construction in the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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Magnetic Fields in the Solar Atmosphere |
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Astronomers discover a planetary system with three super-Earths and two super-Mercuries |
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The first extensive catalogue of massive stars with low metallicity |
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Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in a relativistic jet |
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The CLASP2.1 mission team receives a NASA award |
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The Rector of the University of La Laguna (ULL) visits the Gran Telescopio de Canarias to give an impulse to the Sustainability Plan for the telescope |
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The possible detection of elusive intermediate mass black holes |
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The Minister of Science, Diana Morant, visits the scientific installations at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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The autumnal equinox from the Dolmen of Magacela |
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The activities of the proyect “Amanar: under the same sky” return to the Canaries |
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New source of lithium production found in the Universe |
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The University of Warwick organized a working session to visit its scientific installations at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) |
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A study shows that “water worlds” could be as common as Earths |
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Astronomers discover rapid oscillations in the light of a blazar |
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The IAC and Lenovo Tenerife publicize the value of the Canary sky |
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Solar physicists build a 2D model which can explain the bright points in the solar corona |
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Everything is ready for the XV Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society in La Laguna |
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Over a hundred local inhabitants of Garafía attended the Open Day at he Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory |
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Perseids against light pollution |
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The first hybrid edition of the International Summer School for Teachers at the IAC has concluded |
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Diana Morant visits the IAC Headquarters |
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Preparing for the world’s biggest radio telescope |
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An ancient brown dwarf in our cosmic neighbourhood |
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ASTRI telescopes at the Teide Observatory: an example of environmental integration |
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