This unusual phenomenon, predicted by the theory of General Relativity, was discovered by chance by a doctoral student at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias while analysing images of the Sculptor dwarf galaxy.
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This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.
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Astronomy and computer science will be the fields for training young European researchers in order to understand the formation and evolution of galaxies.Advertised on -
May 25th will be the final date to sign up for those teachers who want to attend this course, which will be held in Tenerife from 4th to 8th July, organized by the National Institute for Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF), the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)Advertised on -
This spectrograph, designed and constructed by the IAC will arrive tomorrow at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.Advertised on -
One of the programmes of collaboration with Japan is related with the possible detection of gravitational waves of cosmological originAdvertised on -
This scientific collaboration will give an impulse to the development of instruments for large telescopes, including the Gran Telescopio CANARIASAdvertised on