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Dark and quiet skies for science and society
Even though the conference planned by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for celebration in La Palma has been postponed until mid-April 2021, the...
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DocumentDark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society. Report and recommendationsFrom 5 to 9 October 2020, around 1,000 people participated in the Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society Workshop, which resulted in this report and...
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NewsDAVID SOBRAL: “There is so much to be discovered about the universe that astronomy is certainly an area worth pursuing”Astronomer Dr David Sobral is on a quest to trace the origins of the Universe and understand how galaxies like our own formed and evolved from the end of the...
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NewsDESI opens its 5.000 eyes to capture the colors of the CosmosThe new instrument, the result of an international collaboration of almost a hundred institutions, including the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has made...
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NewsDetected the interstellar dust of one of the most distant galaxiesThese observations, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participated, provide brand-new insights into the origins of the very first stars in the...
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NewsDiana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, visits the Centre for Astrophysics in La PalmaSpanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, visited last Wednesday the Centre for Astrophysics’ facilities in La Palma (CALP) to know the impact...
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NewsDidier Queloz, Physics Nobel Prize Winner 2019, Is Developing an Advanced Terrestrial Planet Hunter for the Isaac Newton TelescopeThe Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) warmly congratulate James Peebles (Princeton University...
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NewsDIEGO BLAS: “We are in a golden period when the connection between theory and observations is increasingly necessary"The gravitational force needed for the universe to evolve from when it was almost uniform, during the Big Bang, until galaxies, stars, and planets were formed...
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NewsDifferences between the discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first timeA study led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), making comparison between the discs of several pairs of spiral galaxies, active...