News type: Press release

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    New evidence in favour of dark matter: the bars in galaxies are spinning more slowly than we thought
    A research based on observations and simulations lead by the IAC show why the fastest spinning bars are rotating most slowly because of dark matter
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    New evidence in favour of dark matter: the bars in galaxies are spinning more slowly than we thought
    A research based on observations and simulations lead by the IAC show why the fastest spinning bars are rotating most slowly because of dark matter
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    New findings in spiral galaxies challenge the dark matter hypothesis
    A study published in the Astrophysical Journal supports models which question the need for the existence of this form of matter in galaxies
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    New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales
    Scientists estimate that dark matter and dark energy together are some 95% of the gravitational material in the universe while the remaining 5% is baryonic...
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    New measurements of the solar spectrum verify Einstein’s theory of General Relativity
    An international team of researchers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has measured, with unprecedented accuracy, the gravitational redshift...
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    New Open Days at the Teide Observatory
    After a break of 4 years, on June 23rd and 24th the Teide Observatory will be celebrating its Open Days. This activity is free; its aim is to bring some...
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    New robotic telescopes at the Teide Observatory
    The American entity "Telescope Society" has set in motion in Tenerife their "live astronomy" SLOOH project by reason of the agreement signed with the IAC for...
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    New source of lithium production found in the Universe
    A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of Manchester and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology...
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    New study on the Astronomical Orientation of the Pyramids of Egypt
    This study, carried out by IAC researcher Juan Antonio Belmonte, was published recently in Archaeoastronomy, the annual supllement of the Journal for the...