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A new, potentially inhabitable super-Earth
Researchers at the University of Oviedo, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have discovered and characterized a planet in the...
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NewsA novel code for exploring the magnetic field of the solar coronaThe POLMAG research group of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has released the public version of P-CORONA, a novel computer program for...
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NewsA planet in the process of formation found round the nearby young star AU MicAn international team of scientists, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered a planet of the size of Neptune...
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NewsA promising future for the Canary Island ObservatoriesFrom 11th to 13th November the conference “Future Instruments for the Telescopes of the Canary Observatories”, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
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NewsA rocky super-earth has been found in the habitable zone of a cool star close to the SunThe detection, in which an IAC researcher took part, was made using the transit technique with the MEarth network of telescopes and the HARPS spectrograph on a...
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NewsA stargazers’ festivalThe Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) are collaborating in Astrofest La Palma 2018, a big festival of events...
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NewsA stellar first showing of the new film by Mateo Gil “The Laws of Thermodynamics”The première will be in the Gran Telescopio de Canarias, and there will be two special showings, one in the University of La Laguna, and the other in the Museum...
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NewsA step forward to solve the mystery of ultra-diffuse galaxiesA study by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), led by researchers Nushkia Chamba, Ignacio Trujillo and Johan H. Knapen, reveals that the enigmatic...
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NewsA study of the whole SunThe European Research Council (ERC) has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Synergy Grants” to a team led by Fernando Moreno Insertis, researcher at the...