Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias produce a new method to make a precise analysis of the speed of the density waves which propagate in...
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NewsThe Galaxies "tune up their musical instruments"
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NewsThe Governing Council of the IAC gives firm support to the building of the TMT on La Palma
This was stated by the acting Minister for Science, Innovation, and the Universities, Pedro Duque who chaired the annual meeting of the Governing Council of the...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias discovers the largest cluster of galaxies known in the early universe
A study, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and carried out with OSIRIS, an instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias finds the farthest black hole that belongs to a rare family of galaxies
An international team of astronomers has identified one of the rarest known classes of gamma-ray emitting galaxies, called BL Lacertae, within the first 2...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias is participating in a programme to monitor potentially dangerous asteroids
Last Monday the GTC observed the asteroid 2019 DS1 in the context of a collaborative programme between the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias observes Beethoven’s musical universe
The Cabildos of La Palma and Tenerife, together with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) present the recording of the Eroica Symphony of Ludwig van...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias obtains the visible spectrum of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), the first confirmed interstellar comet
The spectrum acquired by GTC of interstellar comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) reveals that this object has a surface composition not unlike that found in Solar System...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias plays a key role in the discovery of the ring of the dwarf planet Quaoar
Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias will observe binary asteroid Didymos, main target of the ESA Hera space mission
The World’s largest optical and infrared telescope will be part of this space project by observing binary asteroid Didymos in order to assess the impact that...