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  • Sunrise III moments before take-off in July 2024.
    The Sunrise III mission obtains data from the Sun with unprecedented resolution in space and time
  • An illustration of an M-dwarf star covered in starspots. NASA/ESA/STScI/G. Bacon.
    A team of astronomers finds clues on the magnetism of a new kind of M dwarf
  • Recreation of a burst, identified as CSS161010, in which a small black hole swallows a star. Credits: Gabriel Pérez (IAC)
    Astronomers detected a burst caused by a black hole swallowing a star
  • Omega Centauri
    IAC researchers find that the stars in Omega Centauri move under the action of a cluster of black holes
  • Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos / Getty Images
    The LPI project will explore new frontiers in quantum astronomy from La Palma
  • ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, H. Dannerbauer
    The IAC finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field
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