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The Town Council of Tequeste visits the IAC
Ana Rosa Mena, the Mayoress of Tegueste, on February 7th, visited the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in La Laguna, and the...
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NewsThe Universe trapped in its own webFound the first evidence that galaxies are not randomly oriented
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NewsThe Universities of Turku (Finland) and Aarhus (Denmark) are the new owners of the NOTThe Universities of Turku (UTU) and Aarhus (AU) are the new owners of the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) situated in the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM...
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NewsThe upcoming installation of EMIR and other news about instrumentation on the last day of the "Science with the GTC" conferenceA telescope is an optical system which collects a lot of light and allows us to “see” objects as if they were much nearer. An astronomical instrument is a very...
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NewsThe US ambassador to Spain visits the IACPHOTO NEWSThe US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has visited today the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna, accompanied by the...
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NewsThe VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opensThe scientific meeting about the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world was inaugurated today, Wednesday 12th December, in the centre of the...
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NewsThe VIII programme “Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” has begunIn order to familiarize students in the 4th year of their high school career with the science carried out at the astrophysical installations on La Palma...
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NewsThe visit of 2012 DA14, the closest ever asteroid to pass the EarthIAC telescopes will participate in observations that can be followed on-line2012 DA14 will pass some 27,700 kilometres from the surface of the Earth next Friday, 15 February. It will be the closest ever non-impacting encounter since the...
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NewsThe Visitor Centre at the Roque de los Muchachos and the Starmus Festival: two gateways to the Universe and to the recovery of La PalmaThe Cabildo of La Palma, the Town Council of Garafía, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) yesterday inaugurated the Visitor Centre at the Roque...