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The US ambassador to Spain visits the IACPHOTO NEWS
The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has visited today the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna, accompanied by the...
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NewsThe VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opensThe 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 VIII programme “Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” has begunIn order to familiarize students in the 4th year of their high school career with the science carried out at the astrophysical installations on La Palma...
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NewsThe visit of 2012 DA14, the closest ever asteroid to pass the EarthIAC telescopes will participate in observations that can be followed on-line2012 DA14 will pass some 27,700 kilometres from the surface of the Earth next Friday, 15 February. It will be the closest ever non-impacting encounter since the...
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NewsThe Visitor Centre at the Roque de los Muchachos and the Starmus Festival: two gateways to the Universe and to the recovery of La PalmaThe Cabildo of La Palma, the Town Council of Garafía, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) yesterday inaugurated the Visitor Centre at the Roque...
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NewsThe Walk of the Stars of Science is inaugurated in La PalmaOn Saturday, the Cabildo of La Palma, the City Council of Santa Cruz de la Palma, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) inaugurated the Walk of the...
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NewsThe William Herschel Telescope in La Palma measures the size of a stellar-mass black hole jetResearchers 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 winners of the competition “Canarians under the same sky” have been announcedThe 45 prizewinners, who come from the 7 islands, will visit the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias next week
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NewsThe Winter School of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias on Big Data Comes to a CloseFor five days more than 80 students immersed themselves in techniques for the handling and analysis of large databases using computer programmes.