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The dance of the small galaxies that surround the Milky Way
An international team, led by researchers from the IAC, used data from the ESA satellite Gaia to measure the motion of 39 dwarf galaxies. These data gives...
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NewsThe dark side of the fluffiest galaxiesA team of International astronomers, led by members of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has measured for the first time the mass of an ultra-diffuse...
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NewsThe definitive book about the cultural role of astronomy in ancient EgyptThe editorial Springer is publishing the book “Astronomy of Ancient Egypt: A Cultural Perspective” by the researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias...
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NewsThe densest “Neptune” ever observedAn 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 Director General of the European Southern Observatory visits the IACDuring his visit, Tim de Zeeuw signs an agreement to perform advanced experiments on adaptive optics at the Teide Observatory
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NewsThe disc of the Milky Way is bigger than we thoughtA team of researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and at the National Astronomical Observatories of Beijing (NAOC) have published a paper...
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NewsThe DRAGO camera takes its first images from spaceDRAGO, the infrared camera developed by the team at IACTEC-Space of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has seen its “first light”. The instrument, placed...
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NewsThe DRAGO camera takes its first images of the Canaries from spaceThe DRAGO ( Demonstrator for Remote Analysis of Ground Observations) camera, developed entirely by the team of IACTEC-Microsatellites of the Instituto de...
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NewsThe early days of the Milky Way revealedA study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) puts a sequence to the events which gave rise to our Galaxy.