![The 3.5m telescope on Calar Alto in Southern Spain. CARMENES is installed at this telescope, and will start searching for Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars in early 2016. Credits: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie The 3.5m telescope on Calar Alto in Southern Spain. CARMENES is installed at this telescope, and will start searching for Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars in early 2016. Credits: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/news/prensa1018_1677.jpg?itok=8gnojgAQ)
CARMENES, an outstanding novel astronomical instrument, which has been designed to look for Earth-like planets, has successfully passed first “on-sky” tests at the telescope. Scientists and engineers of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have participated in the design and construction of the new “planet hunter”.
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