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    The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) has initiated negotiations with Spain for the possible siting of its northern hemisphere headquarters on the Island of La Palma
    A prototype of the large telescope LST of this array will be installed at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory under an agreement between the IAC and the...
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    The 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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    The 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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    The 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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    The 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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    The comet NEOWISE from the Canaries
    During the month of July we will be able to see comet c/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) with the naked eye from the Canaries and from the Peninsula.
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    The committee of experts of the US Academy of Science considers that the TMT is a priority, and maintains La Palma as a possible site
    The National Academy of Science of the United States presented, yesterday afternoon, its report Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the...
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    The Computational Dynamics of Fluids, the main theme of the IAC Winter School
    Tuesday 19th November the XXXI edition of the Winter School of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will start. This year it will be devoted to the...
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    The conference “Giving an impulse to Astrophysics in Spain: 50 years of doctoral theses” is inaugurated
    This meeting of researchers linked to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and its Observatories opened yesterday with a lectura by Francisco Sanchez...