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    Anomalous microwave emission detected from the Taurus Molecular Cloud with the QUIJOTE experiment
    The QUIJOTE experiment operates from the Teide Observatory with the goal of characterising the polarization properties of the cosmic microwave background...
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    ANTONIN BOUCHEZ: “Todos los instrumentos del GMT tendrán Óptica Adaptativa”
    En el Observatorio de las Campanas, en el desierto de Atacama, en Chile, se está construyendo uno de los llamados “Telescopios Extremadamente Grandes”: el...
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    Are ultra-diffuse galaxies Milky Way-sized?
    Now almost 70 years since its introduction, the effective or half-light radius has become a very popular choice for characterising galaxy size. However, the...
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    Are ultra-diffuse galaxies structurally similar to low-surface-brightness galaxies?
    A central question regarding ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) is whether they are in a separate category from low-surface-brightness (LSB) galaxies, or just their...
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    ARTEMIO HERRERO: “Un fotón puede tardar hasta un millón de años en alcanzar la superficie solar“
    Hoy se inauguró la XXIX Escuela de Invierno que, como cada año, organiza el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Por este motivo, entrevistamos a Artemio...
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    Astronomers detect large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere of a primitive star
    Scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the University of California San Diego...
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    Astronomers discover a giant black hole that challenges current models of stellar evolution
    An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of China and with the participation of the Instituto de...
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    Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum
    An international team of astrophysicists led by the Stellar Astrophysics Group of the University of Alicante (UA), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC...
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    Astronomers discover a white dwarf formed by the merger of two stars
    An international team of researchers led by the University of Warwick, with a member who is a scientist at the IAC has discovered white dwarf with unusual...