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The longest stellar “dance” in a planetary nebula
The two discovered stars revolve around each other in an orbit that lasts more than nine years. This research led by the IAC helps to understand how the...
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NewsThe LST-1 telescope on La Palma detects the Crab Pulsar at very high-energyThe first prototype of the Large-Size Telescope (LST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the LST-1, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory...
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NewsThe MAGIC telescopes detect gamma ray emission from a very distant active galaxyPKS 1441+25, half-way between the Big Bang and us, will help to explain the evolution of stars and galaxies for the second half of the lifetime of the Universe.
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NewsThe MAGIC telescopes help to uncover the origin of a cosmic neutrinoA world-wide observing campaign with many instruments, in which the MAGIC telescopes at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, participated, allowed...
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NewsThe March “Supermoon” will bid goodbye to winter next to the shadow of TeideOn March 9th we can see the second “supermoon” of this year, and the last full moon of winter in the northern hemisphere. With the collaboration of the EELabs...
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NewsThe Mass of Brown Dwarfs Measured for the First TimeWith this, there is confirmation that these astronomical objects are the natural link between stars and giant planets.
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NewsThe material that obscures supermassive black holes, the connection with their host galaxiesInvited by Nature Astronomy, Cristina Ramos Almeida, researcher at the IAC, and Claudio Ricci, from the Institute of Astronomy of the Universidad Católica de...
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NewsThe members of the group which is developing the HARMONI instrument for the European supertelescope ELT meet in TenerifeThe Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been an active participant in the developement of this spectrograph which will be used for the first time on...
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NewsThe members of the group which is developing the HARMONI instrument for the European supertelescope ELT meet in Tenerife.The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been an active participant in the developement of this spectrograph which will be used for the first time on...