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Total Lunar Eclipse
After 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 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...
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NewsTwo young researchers with doctorates from the IAC and ULL are proposed for the Nature Research AwardsAmong the young women scientists proposed this year to receive the award, which recognizes the careers of researchers with leadership, and who promote the...
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NewsUn mapa para recuperar la nocheLa Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias han desarrollado un método para calibrar imágenes nocturnas de satélites...
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NewsUn noviembre lleno de CienciaEl Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias y el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, de Museos de Tenerife, ofrecen más de una decena de actividades divulgativas a lo...
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NewsUn planeta muy “heavy”, increíblemente metálico y densoCientíficos del IAC han participado en el descubrimiento de un planeta extrasolar inusualmente denso, con 1,5 radios terrestres, pero 8 veces más masivo que la...