Scope: Observatorios de Canarias

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    Cuatro senadores visitan el IAC
    Esta mañana, algunos de los senadores que componen el grupo territorial del Partido Popular canario, visitaron la sede central en La Laguna del Instituto de...
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    Detected the interstellar dust of one of the most distant galaxies
    These observations, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participated, provide brand-new insights into the origins of the very first stars in the...
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    Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, visits the Centre for Astrophysics in La Palma
    Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, visited last Wednesday the Centre for Astrophysics’ facilities in La Palma (CALP) to know the impact...
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    Direct broadcast of the transit of Mercury
    Next Monday, November 11th, it will be possible to follow the transit of the planet Mercury across the face of the Sun from the Canary Island Observatories...
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    Discovered a new family of red giant stars with an unusual chemical composition in the Milky Way
    The results of this research, published in Astrophysical Journal Letters and in which the IAC participated, suggest an extragalactic origin and will help to...
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    Discovered one of the brightest distant galaxies so far known
    Its discovery, at 11.4 billion light-years, was possible thanks to the increase of the galaxy apparent brightness produced by the zoom effect of another galaxy...
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    Discovered one of the brightest galaxies known
    Thanks to an amplified image produced by a gravitational lens, and the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) a team of scientists from the Polytechnic University of...