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  • News
    Tune your radio: galaxies sing when forming stars
    A team led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found the most precise way ever to measure the rate at which stars form in galaxies using...
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    Two eclipses that made history in Spain
    Total solar eclipses do not occur very often in the same location within a single human lifetime, but they do tend to cluster together, so that more than one...
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    Two nights under the stars: EDUCADO Project runs intensive observation school
    The EU-funded EDUCADO project (Exploring the Deep Universe by Computational Analysis of Data from Observations) at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC...
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    Two stars so close that they are almost touching found inside a planetary nebula
    The newly discovered binary system has one of the shortest orbital periods ever seen inside a planetary nebula. The findings of the study, led by the IAC and...
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    Two young researchers with doctorates from the IAC and ULL are proposed for the Nature Research Awards
    Among the young women scientists proposed this year to receive the award, which recognizes the careers of researchers with leadership, and who promote the...
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    Un atlas interactivo recorre las interpretaciones de los eclipses solares en las culturas del mundo
    La Sociedad Española de Astronomía presenta “Un mundo de eclipses”, un mapa digital que recoge más de 100 elementos del patrimonio cultural de todo el mundo...
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    Un mapa para recuperar la noche
    La Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias han desarrollado un método para calibrar imágenes nocturnas de satélites...
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    Un noviembre lleno de Ciencia
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias y el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, de Museos de Tenerife, ofrecen más de una decena de actividades divulgativas a lo...
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    Un planeta muy “heavy”, increíblemente metálico y denso
    Científicos del IAC han participado en el descubrimiento de un planeta extrasolar inusualmente denso, con 1,5 radios terrestres, pero 8 veces más masivo que la...