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    Researchers at the IAC participate in the discovery of clusters of galaxies in the early universe
    Ivan Oteo, a former student of the University of La Laguna and of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias led the international team which made the discovery...
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    Researchers discover a system with three Earth-sized planets
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Oviedo present today the discovery of two new planetary systems, one of them hosting three...
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    Researchers discover multiple alkali metals in unique exoplanet
    Scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Cambridge have observed with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) a rare...
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    Researchers find organic material in the Antennae Galaxies
    A study led by the researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Ana Monreal Ibero proves the presence of (probably) organic molecules in...
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    Researchers from the IAC have discovered that dark matter experiences forces beyond gravity
    The existence of dark matter is likely one of the most perplexing problems facing the scientific community, and unraveling its nature has become one of the...
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    Researchers from the UPC and the IAC discover one of the most massive neutron stars
    Using a pioneering method, researchers from the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the Instituto de...
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    Researchers have observed the heating produced in the Sun by magnetic waves
    An international team in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) are participating...
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    Researchers have observed the heating produced in the Sun by magnetic waves
    An international team in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) are participating...
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    Researchers show that the shape of the Whirlpool galaxy has been molded by the repeated passage through its disc of a satellite galaxy
    An international research team, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) shows that the satellite galaxy NGC 5195 has passed twice...