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    The Scientific Committee of the Cosmos Prize holds the deliberation for the 2026 edition in Madrid
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), through the UNDARK Project, Unravelling the Dark Universe from the Canary Islands Observatories , funded by the...
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    The search for extraterrestrial life
    The existence of life outside the Earth has been a subject of interest to human beings since its origins. Today we can consider their search. Spaceships...
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    The second phase of the ALISIO-1 mission, which will take the latest version of the DRAGO infrared camera into space, gets under way
    After the excellent results from its predecesor, DRAGO (Demonstrator for Remote Analysis of Ground Observations) the updated version of this instrument...
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    The Secretary of State for Global Spain visits the Teide Observatory
    Yesterday there was a visit to the installations of the Teide Observatory (Tenerife) by the Secretary of State for Global Spain, Manuel Muñiz, accompanied by...
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    The Secretary of State for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    Today, 10 October, the Secretary of State for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, David Lucas, visited the facilities of the Roque de los Muchachos...
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    The secrets of the galaxies at one click
    An algorithm developed by the Spanish IAC researcher Sebastián Hidalgo will be used for the first time at the international distributed computing event “Gobal...
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    The silent beauty of the night sky
    Yesterday saw the start of the Conference on Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society) organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs...
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    The six-monthly meeting of the International Scientific Committee of the IAC observatories met in La Palma
    It took place on May 24th and 25th in the meeting room of the Parador in Breña Baja A large group of representatives of the various institutions which take part...
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    The Solstice and Rome
    Rome, with its knowledge of the skies, oriented many of its cities according to the position of the heavenly bodies, notably to sunsets and sunrises during the...