These results, published by a team led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, and obtained using the OSIRIS instrument on the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS...
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NewsThe first image of a new gaseous component in a planetary nebula.
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NewsThe first images associated with a source of gravitational waves
The IAC has participated in the detection of the counterpart, in the visible, the infrared and X-rays, of the source of gravitational waves GW170817 (neutron...
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NewsThe 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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TalkThe 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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NewsThe 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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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 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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NewsThe 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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NewsThe 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...