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    The first “ultrahot Neptune” is discovered
    A team of astronomers from the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL)...
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    The formation of Milky Way-mass galactic disc structure in cosmological simulations
    Recent years have seen impressive development in cosmological simulations for spiral disc galaxies like the Milky Way. I present a suite of high-resolution...
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    The Gran Telescopio Canarias obtains the visible spectrum of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), the first confirmed interstellar comet
    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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    The 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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    The IAC contributes to more accurate mapping of the Universe through Euclid data
    The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission released its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
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    The IAC discovers a planetary nebula that destroyed its solar system
    An international team of researchers, including staff from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered a planetary nebula that destroyed its...
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    The IAC has its qualification as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence renewed
    The Ministry of Science and Innovation published yesterday the provisional resolution of the qualification of the Centres and Units of Excellence, granting the...
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    The IAC has published the book “In a certain place in the Universe….” with contributions from well-known writers, and proceeds to charity
    This publication from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) contains the literary and graphic contributions of important figures in current literatura...
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    The IAC hosts the annual meeting of the DALI experiment to search for dark matter
    The annual meeting of the DALI (Dark-photons & Axion-Like particles Interferometer) experiment, an international collaboration to develop an astroparticle...