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    Olga Atanackovic: “Numerical methods in radiative transfer can also be used in many other fields, like engineering and industry”
    When Olga Atanackovic, professor at the Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade (Serbia), finished her PhD thesis, she was the...
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    OMAIRA GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN: “The Canary Observatories have been essential in the advance of the study of nuclear activity in galaxies”
    For astronomers one of the biggest obstacles is the darkness of the Universe itself, above all the darkness caused by the gas and dust which surround active...
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    On the generation of solar spicules and Alfvenic waves
    Combining computer observations and simulations, a new model shows that the presence of neutrals in the gas facilitates the magnetic fields to penetrate through...
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    On the magnetic nature of quiet-Sun chromospheric grains
    CaII Kgrains, i.e., intermittent, short-lived (about 1 minute), periodic (2-4 minutes), pointlike chromospheric brightenings, are considered to be the...
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    One of the densest clusters of galaxies in the universe is revealed
    A study published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy and which questions current models of structure formation in the universo is base don data obtained...
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    Open Days 2017 at the Teide Observatory
    Organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) they will take place on June 23rd and 24th.
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    Open Days 2019 at the Teide Observatory
    Organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) they will take place on June 14 and 15th.
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    Open Days 2019 at the Teide Observatory
    Organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) they will take place on June 14 and 15th.
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    Origin of stellar prolate rotation in a cosmologically simulated faint dwarf
    In the current cosmological model, galaxies are formed in a hierarchical way, by merging with each other. These mergers can lead to kinematic anomalies that can...