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The Canaries collaborate in following the Near Earth Object (NEO) 2015 TB145
Telescopes from the two observatories of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canraries (IAC) observe the new asteroid close to the Earth.
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NewsThe Canary Islands Observatories visit the European ParliamentThe exhibition "100 Square Moons" is inaugurated in Brussels, together with a model of the European Solar Telescope. For a week the European Parliament in...
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NewsThe CCI (International Scientific Committee) of the “Observatorios de Canarias” held its 74th Meeting in the La Laguna University yesterday, Tuesday November 17The operation and policies of the “Observatorios de Canarias”, which celebrated their 30th Anniversary this year, were discussed by its CCI (International...
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NewsThe Centre for Astrophysics on La Palma is renamed “Francisco Sánchez” in honour of the founder of the IACThe Deputy Director of the IAC, Casiana Muñoz Tuñón praises the bravery and persistence shown by Francisco Sánchez which enabled the IAC to be recognized as one...
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NewsThe CHEOPS mission announces the drawings from Spanish children travelling to space4,500 drawings were received from Spanish children and 297 have been selected. About 3,000 works by European children will be engraved on a plaque that will be...
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NewsThe CHEOPS mission measures the properties of one of the hottest and most extreme extrasolar planetsCHEOPS, the new exoplanet mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating, has observed a...
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NewsThe CHEOPS mission, in which the IAC is participating, observes its first exoplanetsCHEOPS, the new exoplanet mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) in coordination with Switzerland, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
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NewsThe Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) has initiated negotiations with Spain for the possible siting of its northern hemisphere headquarters on the Island of La PalmaA prototype of the large telescope LST of this array will be installed at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory under an agreement between the IAC and the...
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NewsThe Clarke exobelt, a method to search for possible extraterrestrial civilizationsA new study published in the Astrophysical Journal by Hector Socas-Navarro, a researcher at the IAC, examines the possibility of detecting hypothetical...