CHEOPS, the new exoplanet mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) in coordination with Switzerland, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
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NewsThe CHEOPS mission, in which the IAC is participating, observes its first exoplanets
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NewsThe Clarke exobelt, a method to search for possible extraterrestrial civilizations
A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal by Hector Socas-Navarro, a researcher at the IAC, examines the possibility of detecting hypothetical...
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NewsThe CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field from the photosphere up to the base of the corona
Every day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity. However, their instruments are blind to its main driver: the magnetic field in the...
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NewsThe CLASP2.1 mission team receives a NASA award
The international team of the “Chromospheric LAyer Spectro-Polarimeter” (CLASP) space missions, which includes three scientists of the Instituto de Astrofísica...
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NewsThe CSIC and the IAC take part in the creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation
9 institutions from 7 European countries today signed the documents for this organization, which will prepare the way towards the future construction of the...
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NewsThe cultural and sky landscape of the Way of Saint James
A study led by the researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Maitane Urrutia-Aparicio has shown the relevance of sunrise on Easter Sunday, one of...
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NewsThe Cumbre Vieja volcano taken with the DRAGO camera from orbit
The eruption on La Palma has provided a unique scenario for testing the DRAGO instrument, the infrared camera of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
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NewsThe densest “Neptune” ever observed
An international team of researchers, with participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has discovered an extremely dense Neptune-sized planet...
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NewsThe early days of the Milky Way revealed
A study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) puts a sequence to the events which gave rise to our Galaxy.