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    80ª reunión del Comité Científico Internacional en La Laguna
    Ayer se celebró una de las dos reuniones anuales del Comité Científico Internacional de los Observatorios de Canarias, formado por representantes de las...
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    A biography of possibly the first Canary astronomer will be presented, based on the discovery of a set of mysterious old exercise books in the library of the IAC
    In the early part of the XXI century, at a still uncertain date. A woman left in the library of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna...
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    A challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies
    An international study published in Nature Astronomy, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is a participant, suggests that the feedback winds...
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    A cold wind during the discovery outburst of a black hole
    We present 12 epochs of optical spectroscopy taken across the discovery outburst of the black hole (BH) candidate MAXI J1803-298 with the Gran Telescopio...
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    A date with Science in Macaronesia
    Tomorrow, Friday 28th September is European Researchers’ Night. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will take part in this via the Macaronight...
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    A dawn eclipse
    Three years after the previous broadcast of a lunar eclipse, in the early morning of Sunday 15th to Monday 16th of May the Sky-live.tv channel will give live...
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    A delegation from the Commission for Regional Development of the European Parliament visited the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    Yesterday May 23rd, a group of Members of the European Parliament belonging to the Regional Development Commission visited the Installations of the Roque de los...
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    A dense ultra-short period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star
    Ultrashort-period (USP) exoplanets have orbital periods shorter than 1 day. Precise masses and radii of USP exoplanets could provide constraints on their...
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    A dwarf irregular galaxy caught in transition
    Leo I is one of the youngest dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies in the Local Group. Its relative isolation, extended and complex star formation history (SFH), and...