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The Saturn Nebula reveals its complexity
The IAC has participated in a study that shows unexpected complexity in the distribution of gas and dust in one of the brightest planetary nebulae in the sky.
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NewsThe scientific team of the ESPRESSO instrument meets to review its first 5 yearsThe Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in collaboration with the ESPRESSO consortium, has organized a conference in Lanzarote to review the current...
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DocumentThe search for extraterrestrial lifeThe existence of life outside the Earth has been a subject of interest to human beings since its origins. Today we can consider their search. Spaceships...
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NewsThe second phase of the ALISIO-1 mission, which will take the latest version of the DRAGO infrared camera into space, gets under wayAfter the excellent results from its predecesor, DRAGO (Demonstrator for Remote Analysis of Ground Observations) the updated version of this instrument...
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NewsThe shadow cast by a black hole’s disc reveals how it devours matterWhen MAXI J0637−430, a binary system containing a black hole, began to fade after a major outburst, something unexpected happened: the outer regions of its disc...
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NewsThe six-monthly meeting of the International Scientific Committee of the IAC observatories met in La PalmaIt took place on May 24th and 25th in the meeting room of the Parador in Breña Baja A large group of representatives of the various institutions which take part...
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NewsThe slow expansion of dark matter halos from cusp to core naturally produces extended stellar core-like distributionsOnly a handful of observations truly constrain the nature of dark matter, which is why dozens of different physical models are still viable. Several of the most...
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NewsThe Solar System Group at the IAC discovers a new asteroid near the EarthThe discovery of 2024 NP2 took place during the night of July 4th in images taken during the commissioning of the TST, a new telescope recently installed at the...
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NewsThe star cluster Westerlund 1: a nursery of giant stars within the shadowsA scientific team led by the University of Alicante, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has produced a detailed study of the...