Among the myriad discoveries presented in the second data release of the Gaia mission, there was an enigmatic color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of Milky Way halo...
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NewsThe early sequence of events that shaped the Milky Way
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NewsThe effects of light pollution on astronomy are increasing
The Director of the Starlight Foundation, and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Antonia M. Varela Pérez has contributed to a monographic...
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NewsThe Euclid telescope takes off to explore the dark universe
The Euclid mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) will be launched into space tomorrow, 1st July to make the largest and most precise 3D map of the Universe...
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NewsThe European Space Agency and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias celebrate their silver anniversary in Tenerife
The workshop “25 years of cooperation in optical technologies and future trends”, will take place next Monday, November 14th, at the Headquarters of the...
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NewsThe evolutionary history of the Milky Way determined in more detail than ever
Thanks to data from the Gaia mission, of the European Space Agency (ESA), and international team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
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NewsThe extreme CNO-enhanced composition of a primitive iron-poor dwarf star
We present an analysis of high-resolution Keck/HIRES spectroscopic observations of J0815+4729, an extremely carbon-enhanced, iron-poor dwarf star. These high...
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NewsThe first extensive catalogue of massive stars with low metallicity
A recent study, led by the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA) with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) presents the first...
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NewsThe first image of a new gaseous component in a planetary nebula.
These results, published by a team led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, and obtained using the OSIRIS instrument on the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS...
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NewsThe first light pollution laboratory in the Azores
There are now 10 sensors monitoring the night-time darkness of the island of Corvo to determine the impact of artificial lighting on the sea birds. The...