24 May 2016
Astronomers find ultra diffuse galaxy heavy in dark matter
...) and it is the kinematics of seven associated GCs that Beasley and his team measured with the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) in La Palma, in order to provide measurements of the galaxy’s dark matter content. "Globular clusters, made up of hundreds...
18 September 2019
Researchers calculate feasibility of sending a probe to C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
... confirmed interstellar comet to visit the Solar System – hit the headlines last week, astronomers using the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) in La Palma have now looked at the object’s reflected sunlight to see what it is made of and the results...
02 December 2019
"Impossible" black hole found in our Galaxy
... may be circling a black hole. After the initial discovery, the world's largest optical telescopes - Spain's 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the 10-m Keck I telescope in the United States - were used to determine the system's physical parameters...
08 April 2020
First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
...meter optical infrared telescope located on a mountain summit in Hawaii. They performed subsequent observations with the Gran Telescopio Canarias and William Herschel Telescope on the island of La Palma off the coast of Spain, as well as with NASA...
