The Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, meets with the scientific community at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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The OTPC: thirty years working to protect the sky |
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The 5th edition of the "Acércate al Cosmos" course has been held |
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The first edition of the DRAGO educational project has been concluded |
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The IAC and the Museum of Science and the Cosmos invite the public to view the first images of the James Webb Space Telescope |
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The Subsecretary of Science and Innovation visits the Canary Islands Observatories |
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About metallicity variations in the local Galactic interstellar medium |
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The IAC once again celebrates its Astronomical Education Adventure in face-to-face format |
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A new planet hunter starts its work |
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Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays |
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Gliese 486 b: a Rosetta stone for the study of exoplanets |
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Two new rocky planets in the solar neighborhood |
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Possible evidence of planet formation found in the Orion Nebula |
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"Amigos del IAC" visitan el Observatorio del Teide |
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Una alianza macaronésica para reducir la contaminación lumínica |
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Beatriz Villarroel is awarded the L’Oréal-Unesco Prize for Women in Science |
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The six-monthly meeting of the International Scientific Committee of the IAC observatories met in La Palma |
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The star cluster Westerlund 1: a nursery of giant stars within the shadows |
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The synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation history |
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A delegation from the Commission for Regional Development of the European Parliament visited the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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A new algorithm that simulates the intergalactic medium of the Universe in seconds is developed |
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Dwarf galaxies: key laboratories for the study of dark matter |
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A study gives accurate motions of the largest sample, to date, of galaxies in the Local Group |
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The Incubator for High Technology in Astrophysics and Space at the IAC is working |
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A dawn eclipse |
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The educational programme “ Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” is starting up again |
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Astronomers observe potential magnetic flip around a supermassive black hole |
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Astronomers discover a “black widow” binary star system with the shortest orbital period known |
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Astronomers discover a four-planet system with a peculiar migration process |
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The cultural and sky landscape of the Way of Saint James |
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Testing fundamental physics with ESPRESSO |
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MAGIC Telescope System detects energetic nuclear blast from vampire star |
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BBVA Foundation's president, Carlos Torres Vila, visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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IAC scientists obtain one of the most general validations of Einstein’s Principle of Equivalence |
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The IAC and the AEMET sign a collaboration agreement |
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Evidence of the impact of quasar driven outflows on recent star formation |
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The exhibition “AstrónomAs” which gives visibility to women in Astronomy has arrrived in Tenerife |
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The IAC presents its plan to reduce its carbon footprint by 80% to the Department of Ecological Transition |
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VYACHESLAV LUKIN: “Solar observations without theoretical and computational models are like a car without wheels” |
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Caught in the act: the winds driven by supermassive black holes directly impact star formation |
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An ultraviolet wind in a neutron star X-ray binary transient |
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A novel black hole mass scaling relation |
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The IAC initiates a market survey which will strengthen La Palma’s digital connectivity |
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A cold wind during the discovery outburst of a black hole |
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Astronomers develop new method for taking the temperature of black holes |
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Powerful warm winds discovered during a neutron star eruption |
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Abierto el plazo de solicitudes del Plan de Acción Social 2022 |
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The nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus |
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The second phase of the ALISIO-1 mission, which will take the latest version of the DRAGO infrared camera into space, gets under way |
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Astronomers find a black hole which rotates highly inclined to its orbit |
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Astronomers find in the Milky Way an unusual blue supergiant star travelling at high velocity |
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DIEGO BLAS: “We are in a golden period when the connection between theory and observations is increasingly necessary" |
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Supermassive black holes change the central regions of galaxies |
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IAC scientists complete an unprecedented study of the masses of over 500 clusters of galaxies |
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A sub-Earth confirmed in the planetary system of the closest star to the Sun |
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IAC is participating in a full programme of activities for the Day of Women and Girls in Science |
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SHARKS survey detects more than a million invisible sources in its first data release |
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NORBERT LANGER: "There are still many uncertainties about the evolution of massive stars" |
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A stellar stream remnant of a globular cluster below the metallicity floor |
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The mystery of the brightest planetary nebulae |
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MUSE reveals different gas components in planetary nebulae |
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2022 Astronomical Calendars |
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Astronomers discover first supernova explosion of a Wolf-Rayet star |
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A primitive stellar structure helps us to unravel the earliest phases of the Milky Way |
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El mejor regalo para comenzar el año: Cuadrántidas 2022 |
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Origin of stellar prolate rotation in a cosmologically simulated faint dwarf |
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A dwarf irregular galaxy caught in transition |
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Astronomers find Milky Way analogue galaxy in the early universe |
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The Visitor Centre at the Roque de los Muchachos and the Starmus Festival: two gateways to the Universe and to the recovery of La Palma |
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Astronomers confirm the existence of a cosmic supervoid that challenges our understanding of dark energy |
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A dense ultra-short period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star |
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ESPRESSO puts the physical constants to the test |
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Diana Morant presides over the Governing Council of the IAC |
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The “last breaths” in the lives of galaxies |
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Geminids 2021: the last wishes of the year |
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Astronomers discover an ultra-light and super-fast sub-Earth orbiting a red dwarf |
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Study reveals that giant planets could reach "maturity" much earlier than previously thought |
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Successful closure of the XXXII IAC Winter School |
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Solving the enigma of the brightest planetary nebulae |
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Mapping the hidden magnetic field of the quiet Sun |
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Public lecture: “Formation and evolution of the large scale structure of the Universe: clusters of galaxies” |
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Astronomers discover ancient brown dwarf with lithium deposits intact |
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Clusters of galaxies: features of the XXXII IAC Winter School |
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Constraints on the dust extinction law of the Galaxy |
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Discovery of pulsations in the nitrogen-rich PG1159 star PG 1144+005 |
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Detection of TiO and Na in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-65b |
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Characterization of the host galaxy from gamma-ray blazars |
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Testing the extreme acceleration mechanisms in the supermassive black holes neighborhood |
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IAC80 telescope detects faint transit of exoplanet WASP-156b |
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Magnetic turbulence hidden in the Whirlpool Galaxy |
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The committee of experts of the US Academy of Science considers that the TMT is a priority, and maintains La Palma as a possible site |
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Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, visits the Centre for Astrophysics in La Palma |
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Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and GRANTECAN help to show how the first galaxies were formed |
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Vice-president Calviño anounces her support for the project to improve the connectivity of La Palma by fibre optics |
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CCI Declaration of Solidarity with La Palma |
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CLASP2.1: a new suborbital space mission for mapping the magnetic field of the solar chromosphere |
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Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition |
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Einstein’s Principle of Equivalence verified in quasars for the first time |
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The IAC has published the book “In a certain place in the Universe….” with contributions from well-known writers, and proceeds to charity |
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PIERO BENVENUTI: “La Palma and the Canary Islands are among the best astronomical sites in the world”. |
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The silent beauty of the night sky |
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Are ultra-diffuse galaxies structurally similar to low-surface-brightness galaxies? |
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Calibrating the Rossby number, a key parameter to study the magnetic activity of stars |
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Solving the paradox of the enigmatic solar sodium D1 line polarization |
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The Cumbre Vieja volcano taken with the DRAGO camera from orbit |
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IAC Statement: Volcanic eruption in La Palma |
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Testing Einstein's equivalence principle at early cosmological epochs with quasar observations |
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New data obtained about the biggest and one of the most complete Einstein rings |
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The Equinox from the Basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal |
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IAC Statement: Volcanic eruption in La Palma |
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Measuring darkness in remote places |
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CASIANA MUÑOZ-TUÑÓN “ If they aren’t controlled, in only a few years the satellite constellations will have a serious impact on ground-based astronomy” |
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Dust in the central parsecs of unobscured AGN provides more challenges to the torus |
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Anatomy of the impact of a protostellar jet in the Orion Nebula |
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Communiqué from the IAC: Sentence about the concession of the land for the construction of the TMT to the IAC |
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IRSOL and IAC scientists solve a complex paradox in solar physics |
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A nonlinear damping mechanism for waves in the solar corona |
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Allande, Historia y Patrimonio bajo las estrellas |
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The star formation rate evolution of low-mass galaxies as seen by OTELO |
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Now available in open access some of the lectures of the latest educational adventure of the IAC |
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A study offers new prospects for finding life outside the Earth |
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The Perseids 2021: the most awaited meteor shower of the summer |
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Astronomers discover how to feed a black hole |
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Black holes modulate star formation in neighboring galaxies |
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Rotation found in three galaxies satellites of the Milky Way |
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WEAVE is ready to start operating in La Palma |
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A large tidal stream observed in the Sombrero galaxy |
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The first light pollution laboratory in the Azores |
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Satellite galaxies can carry on forming stars when they pass close to their parent galaxies |
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Meeting of the Governing Committee of the Roque de los Muchachos Visitor Centre |
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CHEOPS unexpectedly detects a unique exoplanet |
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The IAC and the ULPGC renew their collaboration agreement on medical technology |
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The DRAGO camera takes its first images of the Canaries from space |
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The June solstice will be broadcast from Gran Canaria |
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La Palma will host an international conference for the protection of the night sky |
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International Prize for the Conservation of the Canary sky |
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The Cabildo of La Palma, the IAC, and Starmus join forces to bring the Festival to La Palma in 2022 |
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The seventh edition of the "Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands" pays tribute to the mythical series COSMOS |
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A study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxies |
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The IAC passes successfully the pre-optical revision of the instrument HARMONI |
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The origin of the first structures formed in galaxies like the Milky Way identified |
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Curso básico de Igualdad de Género |
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IACTEC: commited to technological training |
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Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum |
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Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes |
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Does the Milky Way move like a spinning top? |
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The European Solar Telescope will be installed on La Palma |
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PETeR's new online courses for teachers |
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Plan de Acción Social 2021 - Listado provisional de solicitudes admitidas |
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The Ambassador of Portugal in Spain visits the IAC headquarters |
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The IAC and the ULL strengthen their research and teaching collaboration |
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The natural brightness of the night sky |
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The IAC is participating in the DALI experiment, searching for the axion, proposed component of dark matter |
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The Eta Aquariids 2021: echos of a meteor shower to study the Solar System |
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The DRAGO camera takes its first images from space |
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How to improve your scientific presentations |
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A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star |
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Daniel Nóbrega Siverio, an IAC researcher, wins European Physical Society prize |
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Astronomy and Landscape in the city of Caral, the oldest city in the Americas |
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Agreement on the management of the Roque de los Muchachos Visitor Centre |
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A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy |
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Efficient Bayesian inference of the evolving cosmic web from galaxy surveys |
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Launch of Europe’s largest astronomy network |
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New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales |
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El IAC y el CNRS firman un acuerdo para la creación del Laboratorio Franco-Español de Astrofísica de Canarias |
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Downflowing umbral flashes as evidence of standing waves in sunspot umbrae |
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Ideas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizations |
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El IAC reivindica la labor de sus trabajadoras en el Día Internacional de la Mujer |
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A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation |
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A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models |
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Neural networks to distinguish real and simulated galaxies |
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Mapping solar magnetic fields from the photosphere to the corona |
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The Secretary of State for Global Spain visits the Teide Observatory |
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The Gran Telescopio Canarias discovers the largest cluster of galaxies known in the early universe |
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Big Data to model the evolution of the cosmic web |
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The CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field from the photosphere up to the base of the corona |
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Astronomers test a method for investigating cosmic inflation |
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OMAIRA GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN: “The Canary Observatories have been essential in the advance of the study of nuclear activity in galaxies” |
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“¿Qué querías ser cuando eras pequeña?” |
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Post-common envelope binaries as the precursors of extremely red old stars |
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11th February, on-line activities to encourage scientific careers for younger girls |
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New edition of “Talk to them: Women in Astronomy” |
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Collision of C-type Ryugu’s parent body with a rocky object |
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Astronomers discover a surprising system of six exoplanets which orbit rhythmically |
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Successful launch of DRAGO, IACTEC’s first infrared camera |
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The Gran Telescopio Canarias observes Beethoven’s musical universe |
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A challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies |
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Quadrantids 2021: our best wishes for the start of a new year |
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2021 Astronomical Calendars |
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The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: astronomical event of the year |
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MUTANT, the tool in PROMISSE to characterize biological tissues at different depths |
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An eclipse, a superconjunction, and the last meteor shower of the year: Geminids 2020 |
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The Walk of the Stars of Science is inaugurated in La Palma |
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New techniques are developed for producing synthetic catalogues of galaxies |
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Agreement with D-Orbit to integrate DRAGO in the ION satellite |
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The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory serves as an inspiration to the world tourism summit which is being held on La Palma |
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A mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been found |
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A new stellar site for the formation of very heavy elements |
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A Plague of Magnetic Spots Among the Hot Stars of Globular Clusters |
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Colouring asteroid Bennu |
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