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    Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes “spy” one of the youngest galaxies in the Universe
    Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and La Laguna University lead the international team that has analyzed the images
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    Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks in "Skyrocket" Galaxy
    Scientifics from the Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participate in a study whose results shows how cosmic gas triggers stellar birth in galaxies. This...
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    I think that the dark matter surrounding galaxies is essential for the formation of stars'INTERVIEW WITH JAMES BULLOCK
    The theoretician James Bullock from the University of California would like to make the surprise discovery of a particle of dark matter in the laboratory. With...
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    IAC astronomers discover  'The Music of the Galaxies'
    Astronomers at the IAC have discovered complex patterns of resonances in the discs of spiral galaxies not previously described by theories. Using the GHaFaS...
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    IAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really exist
    Its very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe.
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    IAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really exist
    Its very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe
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    IAC astronomers find one of the first stars formed in the Milky Way
    Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have identified, using the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC) a star which is a key to the...
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    IAC astrophysicists discover a 'relic' galaxy frozen in time
    The nearby galaxy NGC 1277 was formed at an early epoch of the cosmos and has remainedunchanged since then, thus making it a unique window on to the early...
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    IAC discovers a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf
    An international team, led by a student from Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has detected a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of GJ 3998, a...