The scientific meeting about the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world was inaugurated today, Wednesday 12th December, in the centre of the...
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NewsThe VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
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NewsThe WEAVE spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope takes its first light data at the ORM
The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) and the WEAVE instrument team present the first observations with this new instrument. This is a powerful latest...
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NewsThe William Herschel Telescope in La Palma measures the size of a stellar-mass black hole jet
Researchers of the IAC participate in a study appearing today in Nature Astronomy, in which they have measured the delay between the X-rays and the visible...
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NewsThe Winter School of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias on Big Data Comes to a Close
For five days more than 80 students immersed themselves in techniques for the handling and analysis of large databases using computer programmes.
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NewsThe workshop on the James Webb Space Telescope finishes
Specialists from different research institutions, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Centre...
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NewsTMT International Observatory and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) sign agreement on hosting the Thirty Meter Telescope in La Palma, Spain
This Agreement sets out the commitments that will be assumed by both parties in the event that it is built at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos.
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NewsToday, in the Sicilian town of Giardini Naxos (Italy) the first meeting on Science with the EST is starting
Solar physicists from throughout Europe will be meeting this week to discuss the scientific needs of the future European Solar Telescope (EST) whose...
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NewsTwo stars so close that they are almost touching found inside a planetary nebula
The newly discovered binary system has one of the shortest orbital periods ever seen inside a planetary nebula. The findings of the study, led by the IAC and...
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NewsUn mapa para recuperar la noche
La Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias han desarrollado un método para calibrar imágenes nocturnas de satélites...