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  • Image of the exterior lighting of the jetty of Puerto de las Nieves, in Agaete (Gran Canaria).
    The IAC will advise Puertos Canarios to reduce light pollution from their installations
  • La ministra de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades ha presidido este jueves en el CaixaForum el acto de reconocimiento de las Acreditaciones Severo Ochoa y María de Maeztu, que concede el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU), a través de la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), a centros y unidades de investigación de excelencia.
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, present during the formal awarding of the Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu qualification
  • Central region of the old galaxy NGC 1386 where thousands of stars are forming into star clusters
    Regions where extremely young stars are forming have been found in very old galaxies
  • Observation of 2024 NP2 obtained with the TST telescope
    The Solar System Group at the IAC discovers a new asteroid near the Earth
  • Attendees at the Solar MHD (UKUS 7) conference held in the Aula at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna
    The IAC hosts the second Solar MHD conference, an international meeting of experts in solar physics
  • TLP Tenerife at the Trade Fair Centre
    The IAC brings the universe closer to the participants at the TLP Tenerife
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