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A Sun more complex than expected
The CLASP suborbital rocket experiment, motivated by theoretical investigations carried out at the IAC, provided unprecedented observations of the polarization...
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NewsA super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere modelsDuring the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of astronomical...
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NewsA system of globular clusters in the disc of a galaxy detected for the first timeThe OSIRIS instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) has discovered, on the spiral galaxy Messier 106, a system of globular clusters whose unusual...
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NewsA system of superearths has been detected around the brightest red dwarf in the skyThe exoplanets closest to us offer the best opportunities to make a detailed study of their physical properties, including the search for life outside the Solar...
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NewsA team with the participation of the IAC and the ULL discovers that massive stars prefer to live in pairs even in galaxies with low metallicityMassive stars in metal-poor galaxies often have close partners, just like the massive stars in our metal-rich Milky Way. This has been discovered by an...
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NewsA week of astronomical activities in the municipality of GarafíaAugust arrived again, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating in the festival to honour our Lady the Virgin of Light in the town of...
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NewsA week of “Black holes”The International Scientific Conference La Gomera Accretion Week 2017, dealing with extremely compact stellar objects, which lasted from 11 to 15th September...
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NewsA week to go deeper into some of the more “ghostly” structures in the UniverseTenerife will host a meeting of the International Astronomical Union with over a hundred specialists from all over the world, at which there will be discussion...
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NewsA workshop in La Palma consolidates scientific collaboration in astronomy between Spain and ChinaFrom 25 to 28 July, the workshop " China-Spain collaboration on astronomical high-resolution spectroscopy" will be held in Fuencaliente (La Palma). Its aim is...