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The “last breaths” in the lives of galaxies
A team of astronomers has discovered that galaxies with an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) –hosting continuously growing black holes that emit large amounts of...
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NewsTMT International Observatory and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) sign agreement on hosting the Thirty Meter Telescope in La Palma, SpainThis Agreement sets out the commitments that will be assumed by both parties in the event that it is built at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos.
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NewsToday, in the Sicilian town of Giardini Naxos (Italy) the first meeting on Science with the EST is startingSolar physicists from throughout Europe will be meeting this week to discuss the scientific needs of the future European Solar Telescope (EST) whose...
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NewsTotal Lunar EclipseAfter more than two years without total lunar eclipses visible from Europe, next July 27 the Moon will cross the shadow of the Earth. With a totality of 102m...
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NewsTouching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and BennuThis Tuesday October 20th at around 23.12 hr (Canary time) the NASA space probe OSIRIS-REx will make its first attempt to collect samples from the asteroid...
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NewsTres alumnas del programa Canarias Masterclass comparten una jornada en el IAC(In Spanish only) El pasado 13 de junio, tres estudiantes de segundo de bachillerato, pertenecientes al programa Canarias Masterclass, visitaron la sede central...
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NewsTune your radio: galaxies sing when forming starsA team led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found the most precise way ever to measure the rate at which stars form in galaxies using...
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NewsTwo new rocky planets in the solar neighborhoodAn international scientific collaboration, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participates, has discovered two new super-Earths orbiting a...
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NewsTwo stars so close that they are almost touching found inside a planetary nebulaThe newly discovered binary system has one of the shortest orbital periods ever seen inside a planetary nebula. The findings of the study, led by the IAC and...