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Hints of enhanced magnetic activity after the intermediate rotation period gap as traced by the chromospheric Ca II infrared triplet

New study reveals enhanced magnetic activity across the stellar atmosphere after the intermediate rotation-period gap Stars ...
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Dark matter lurks this Halloween at the Museum of Science and the Cosmos

This Halloween, the mystery takes on cosmic dimensions. On 29 October at 17:30, the Museum of Science and the Cosmos invites ...
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El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias conmemora a Francisco Sánchez en el primer aniversario de su fallecimiento

El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) conmemora el primer aniversario del fallecimiento de su director fundador, el ...
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Research by the IAC reveals that the Milky Way’s disc formed in two very distinct stages

An international team, led by a pre-doctoral researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered ...
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¿Qué sabemos del Universo? El cosmólogo Enrique Martínez González responde a esta pregunta en el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos

Sabemos mucho y muy poco al mismo tiempo sobre nuestro cosmos. Por un lado, la cantidad de datos, recopilados por telescopios ...
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Unraveling the mysteries of the early Universe with galaxy surveys

An international team, led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) through the UNDARK project (Unravelling the Dark Universe from the Canary Islands Observatories), funded ...
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An IAC study measures the exact size of the largest known galaxy

How large can a galaxy grow? This is the question behind a new study led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in which an international team of astronomers has measured, with ...
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Statement from TMT International Observatory on Spain’s Financing Proposal

We reproduce the statement issued by Robert Kirshner, Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory (TIO), regarding the decision by TIO partners not to accept the funding proposal put ...
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El satélite ALISIO-1 detecta desde el espacio un vertido de petróleo en el mar Arábigo

La observación, realizada con la cámara infrarroja DRAGO-2, demuestra la capacidad de la tecnología desarrollada por el IAC en Canarias para detectar y hacer seguimiento de vertidos de hidrocarburos ...
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The Universe’s discrepancies could open the door to new physics

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), through the European UNDARK project and together with CERN, has brought together international experts in cosmology, astrophysics and theoretical ...
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The IAC remains fully committed to the development of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory following the TMT decision

On 18 September 2026, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) received a communication from the Executive Director of the TMT ...
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IAC Hosts Final COST NanoSpace Scientific Meeting in Tenerife on Carbon Nanomaterials in Space

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will host the Final COST NanoSpace Joint Scientific Meeting (CA21126) from 15 to 17 September (at the IACTEC facilities). The international meeting will ...