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    Total eclipse of the sun: 20TH MARCH. GLORIA will transmit images in real time, from the Faroe Islands
    A team of astronomers situated in northerly latitudes, the Faroe Islands, will observe and transmit in real time (web platform: sky-live.tv) the details of the...
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    Total eclipse of the supermoon
    Canaries is the best place in Europe from which to view this astronomical event
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    Total Lunar Eclipse
    After more than two years without total lunar eclipses visible from Europe, next July 27 the Moon will cross the shadow of the Earth. With a totality of 102m...
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    Total solar eclipse from Indonesia
    The astronomic event will be webcast live through sky-live.tv the night of 8 to 9 March.
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    Touching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu
    This Tuesday October 20th at around 23.12 hr (Canary time) the NASA space probe OSIRIS-REx will make its first attempt to collect samples from the asteroid...
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    Toyota Canarias donate a vehicle to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
    The ceremony took place this morning at the IAC Headquarters in La laguna
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    Traces of a planet having been devoured by its central star
    Investigators from the IAC and Geneva Observatory find evidence that the star HD 82943, with two Jupiter-like planet orbiting around it, must have had at least...
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    Transit of Mercury, live
    Monday 9th of May, the YouTube channel of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will be broadcasting live the observations being carried out by the...
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    Tránsito de Mercurio: El planeta pasará por delante del Sol el próximo 7 de mayo.
    Un “tránsito”, en Astronomía, es el paso de un planeta interior sobre el disco solar. El próximo día 7 de mayo se producirá el tránsito de Mercurio. Aunque en...