The spectrum acquired by GTC of interstellar comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) reveals that this object has a surface composition not unlike that found in Solar System...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias obtains the visible spectrum of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), the first confirmed interstellar comet
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias plays a key role in the discovery of the ring of the dwarf planet Quaoar
Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for...
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NewsThe Gran Telescopio Canarias will observe binary asteroid Didymos, main target of the ESA Hera space mission
The World’s largest optical and infrared telescope will be part of this space project by observing binary asteroid Didymos in order to assess the impact that...
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NewsThe great eras of the evolution of the Universe pass through Fuerteventura
Closure of the Cosmology School, organized by the IAC, celebrated during last week in the Town Council of Pájara with the participation of 31 specialist in the...
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NewsThe group of presidents of the TSJs visit the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
The presidents of the High Courts of Justice (TSJ) of Spain have met in La Palma for their 18th annual meeting. On 27 June 2023, the presiding judges of the...
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NewsThe Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government visits the IAC
Elena Máñez Rodríguez, the Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government paid a visit this morning to the headquarters of...
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NewsThe hidden Universe: inauguration of the IAU Symposium
In the University of La Laguna today the conference of the International Astronomical Union about the diffuse light in the sky, organized by the Instituto de...
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NewsThe HiPERCAM camera of the Gran Telescopio Canarias reveals new details about the oldest stars in the Milky Way
An international study, using the high-speed HiPERCAM camera, installed in the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), has determined for the first time the mass and...
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DocumentThe History of the Sun and Climate Change
Measurements of the Earth's surface temperature indicate that the Earth has undergone considerable warming in the last hundred years, probably due to the...