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    Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory, visits the IAC and gives a colloquium on the Thirty Meter Telescope
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has received a visit from Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Meter Telescope International...
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    Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition
    Newly formed stars have protoplanetary discs around them. A fraction of the material in the disc condenses into planet-forming chunks, and the rest finally...
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    Romano Corradi (IAC) y sus colaboradores observan con el Hubble detalles de la espectacular Nebulosa del Cangrejo del Sur
    Jean Rayrole, astrónomo del Observatorio de París y "padre" del telescopio solar franco-italiano THEMIS, instalado en el Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife), se...
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    Romano Corradi (IAC) y sus colaboradores observan con el Hubble detalles de la espectacular Nebulosa del Cangrejo del Sur
    Esta nebulosa pertenece a un sistema simbiótico de dos estrellas en las que se han producido violentas explosiones nucleares
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    ROMANO CORRADI: “One of the best telescopes in the world had to be in one of the best sites in the world for observing the sky”
    The Gran Telescopio Canarias(GTC), on the point of completing 10 years of scientific operation, is still the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world...
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    Rompiendo el techo de cristal
    Las Políticas de Igualdad en Ciencia han centrado la atención del tercer bloque del congreso, clausurado en el Hotel Nivaria, en La Laguna, con una mesa debate...
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    Rosa Montero will visit the IAC and the Canary Observatories
    The writer and journalist is the second invitee to participate in the cross-disciplinary proyect "En un lugar del Universo..." which brings together Literature...
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    ROSA MONTERO: "Looking up at the sky makes us more human, more civilized, less mean"
    The writer and journalist from Madrid, who has participated in the multidisciplinary project at the IAC "En un lugar del Universo...", has described as...
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    Rosetta, a journey to a comet and to our origins
    Within the framework of the XXVIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), on Tuesday 15th...