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"Galaxy Zoo: Euclid" seeks help in classifying galaxies
A new citizen science project launched today by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Euclid Consortium, in collaboration with the Zooniverse platform, will...
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NewsA mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been foundThe small fraction of dark matter in the galaxy NGC1052-DF4 has worried the astronomical community for several years. Now a team of researchers from the...
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NewsA promising future for the Canary Island ObservatoriesFrom 11th to 13th November the conference “Future Instruments for the Telescopes of the Canary Observatories”, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
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NewsA study offers new prospects for finding life outside the EarthAn international team of astronomers, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, has found an exoplanetary system formed by...
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NewsA system of globular clusters in the disc of a galaxy detected for the first timeThe OSIRIS instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) has discovered, on the spiral galaxy Messier 106, a system of globular clusters whose unusual...
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NewsA system of superearths has been detected around the brightest red dwarf in the skyThe exoplanets closest to us offer the best opportunities to make a detailed study of their physical properties, including the search for life outside the Solar...
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NewsA “gold mine” is detected in a collision of two distant starsAn international team of astronomers, including researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the CSIC has found evidence of a “kilonomva”...
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GalleryA “gold mine” is detected in a collision of two distant stars
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NewsAgreement with D-Orbit to integrate DRAGO in the ION satelliteThe IACTEC-Space programme of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has signed an agreement with the Italian space tranporting company D-Orbit to...