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    Determining the nature of the closest ever Near Earth Object
    On 15 February the asteroid 2012 DA14 came within 27,700 kilometres of the Earth, making it our closest ever encounter of a Near Earth Object (NEO). The study...
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    Día internacional Sol-Tierra: "El Sol la estrella de nuestra vida"
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,el Departamento de Astrofísica de la Universidad de La Lagunay el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos de Tenerifese suman a...
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    Diana Morant presides over the Governing Council of the IAC
    The Minister of Science and Innovation presided, this morning, over the annual meeting of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC...
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    Diana Morant visits the IAC Headquarters
    The Minister of Science and Innovation this morning presided over the annual meeting of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
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    Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, visits the Centre for Astrophysics in La Palma
    Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, visited last Wednesday the Centre for Astrophysics’ facilities in La Palma (CALP) to know the impact...
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    Didier Queloz, Physics Nobel Prize Winner 2019, Is Developing an Advanced Terrestrial Planet Hunter for the Isaac Newton Telescope
    The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) warmly congratulate James Peebles (Princeton University...
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    Differences between the discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first time
    A study led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), making comparison between the discs of several pairs of spiral galaxies, active...
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    Dinamarca cede a España el liderazgo europeo en Astronomía de Posición
    La operación del telescopio "Círculo de Tránsitos Automático",instalado en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos desde 1984y actualmente propiedad del...
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    Direct coverage of the total eclipse of the Sun from KenyaRELEASE
    On 3 November the forthcoming eclipse of the Sun will be a direcly transmitted from the SibiloiNational Park on the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya.The duration...