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2023 DZ2 asteroid will not collide with Earth, study finds

15 of September, 2023 - 16:09

An international scientific team, in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participate, confirms that the asteroid, discovered with the Isaac Newton telescope at the

The densest “Neptune” ever observed

1 of September, 2023 - 16:22

An international team of researchers, with participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has discovered an extremely dense Neptune-sized planet, which challenges the conventional

Comparison between galaxies with and without dark matter

The puzzle of the galaxy with no dark matter

19 of July, 2023 - 11:43

International research led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) has found the first evidence of a massive galaxy with no dark matter. The result is a

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Severo Ochoa Programme

The IAC was awarded with the Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence Accreditation in the first call of the Program in 2011