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First successful tests of new planet hunter “CARMENES”
CARMENES, an outstanding novel astronomical instrument, which has been designed to look for Earth-like planets, has successfully passed first “on-sky” tests at...
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NewsFirst test of the Euclid telescope in space.The first test images from its two instruments show its potential for achieving its scientific goals. These images will be used to check the instruments and to...
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NewsFive Near Earth Asteroids (NEA's) discovered with the Isaac Newton Telescope on La PalmaThese are the first NEA's discovered from the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
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NewsFollow the Transit of Mercury with STARS4ALLIn 2012 it was Venus. Now it’s time for Mercury to pass in front of the Sun. For nearly 8 hours on May the 9th, we will have the opportunity to see the Planet...
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NewsFotocósmica 2004: Concurso Nacional de AstrofotografíaEl Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) convoca el Concurso Nacional de Astrofotografía "FOTOCÓSMICA 2004".
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NewsFOTONOTICIA: Eclipse total de superluna desde CanariasEl eclipse total de Luna, que tuvo lugar la madrugada de hoy, 28 de septiembre, entre las 3:11 y las 4:23 hora local en Canarias (una hora más en la Península...
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NewsFOTONOTICIA: El alcalde de La Laguna visita el IACFernando Clavijo, alcalde de La Laguna, visitó ayer la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), localizada en este municipio, antes de...
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NewsFOTONOTICIA: Representantes del Partido Popular de Canarias visitan el IACAsier Antona, secretario autonómico del Partido Popular (PP) de Canarias y presidente del Grupo Popular en el Parlamento de Canarias, Antonio Alarcó, senador...
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NewsFound: the lost generation of stars in globular clusters which stellar evolution models had predictedThe specialized Journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL) is publishing today, in its on-line version, a study led by the Institute of Astrophysics of...