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Solved: one of the mysteries of globular clusters
A study shows that the most massive stars in the last stages of their lives are those which contaminate the interstellar medium with new chemical elements...
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NewsSolved: the mystery of how dark matter in galaxies is distributedThe gravitational force in the Universe under which it has evolved from a state almost uniform at the Big Bang until now, when matter is concentrated in...
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NewsSpain and Japan agree on the installation of four new telescopes on the island of La PalmaThe telescopes may form part of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array in the Northern Hemisphere (CTA-North) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
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NewsSpain, Slovakia and the Czech Republic take the Lead in Europe’s Next-Generation Solar TelescopeThe European Solar Telescope (EST) project has taken a decisive step towards construction with the establishment of the Board of Governmental Representatives...
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NewsSpanish researchers discover the first black hole orbiting a ‘spinning’ starThe discovery of this striking pair is published today in Nature
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NewsSpecial feature: "Asteroid 2012 DA14" on the IAC webAstronomical eventOn Friday night, 15 February, asteroid 2012 DA14 maked a close approach to our planet. In Spain, it first was seen from the peninsula at 21:00 local time (UT 20...
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NewsSpecial issue “Women in Astronomy”The most recent edition of "Paralajes" magazine, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) deals with the role of women in astronomy, picking out...
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NewsSpecial issue “Women in Astronomy”The most recent edition of "Paralajes" magazine, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) deals with the role of women in astronomy, picking out...
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NewsSpecial lectures in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos to accompany the EWASS 2015 meetingTomorrow, Friday, the Australian astrophysicist Amanda Karakas will give a lecture about red giant stars