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    The Town Council of Tequeste visits the IAC
    Ana Rosa Mena, the Mayoress of Tegueste, on February 7th, visited the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in La Laguna, and the...
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    The TTT telescope at the Teide Observatory detects the first periodic and wobbling jet in an interstellar comet
    The discovery, made in collaboration between the IAC Solar System Group and Light Bridges, reveals the rotation period of comet 3I/ATLAS The Two-metre Twin...
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    The TTT3 telescope at the Teide Observatory sees its first light
    The third telescope of the Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT3) situated in the Teide Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has seen its...
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    The Universe trapped in its own web
    Found the first evidence that galaxies are not randomly oriented
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    The Universities of Turku (Finland) and Aarhus (Denmark) are the new owners of the NOT
    The Universities of Turku (UTU) and Aarhus (AU) are the new owners of the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) situated in the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM...
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    The upcoming installation of EMIR and other news about instrumentation on the last day of the "Science with the GTC" conference
    A telescope is an optical system which collects a lot of light and allows us to “see” objects as if they were much nearer. An astronomical instrument is a very...
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    The US ambassador to Spain visits the IACPHOTO NEWS
    The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has visited today the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna, accompanied by the...
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    The VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
    The scientific meeting about the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world was inaugurated today, Wednesday 12th December, in the centre of the...
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    The VIII programme “Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” has begun
    In order to familiarize students in the 4th year of their high school career with the science carried out at the astrophysical installations on La Palma...