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IAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really exist
Its very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe
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NewsIAC astronomers find one of the first stars formed in the Milky WayResearchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have identified, using the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC) a star which is a key to the...
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NewsIAC astrophysicists discover a 'relic' galaxy frozen in timeThe nearby galaxy NGC 1277 was formed at an early epoch of the cosmos and has remainedunchanged since then, thus making it a unique window on to the early...
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NewsIAC collaborator Sebastián Francisco Sánchez, new director of the LVM projectThe international consortium Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V (SDSS-V) has appointed Dr Sebastián Francisco Sánchez, researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the...
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NewsIAC discovers a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarfAn international team, led by a student from Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has detected a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of GJ 3998, a...
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NewsIAC doctoral students tackle galactic archaeology and research into ‘other worlds’ at the Museum of Science and the CosmosThe Museum of Science and the Cosmos (MCC), part of the Autonomous Organization of Museums and Centers of the Cabildo of Tenerife, will host the second session...
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NewsIAC is participating in a full programme of activities for the Day of Women and Girls in ScienceThe Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), which has 94 female researchers and engineers, consolidates its commitment to gender equality by participating...
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NewsIAC Postdoctoral Research Excellence Program 2016The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) announces the availability in 2016 of 14 fellowships as part of its PostDoctoral Research Program, most of them...
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NewsIAC research reveals hidden structures and a turbulent past in one of the largest spiral galaxies in the UniverseAstronomers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), using the 2-meter robotic Two-meter Twin Telescope (TTT) at the Teide Observatory, have obtained...