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  • Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Metre Telescope International Observatory (TIO), during his talk at the IAC.
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    Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory, visits the IAC and gives a colloquium on the Thirty Meter Telescope
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has received a visit from Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO) . During his stay at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna, he was welcomed by the center’s director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, and by the deputy director, Eva Villaver Sobrino, along with other members of the research institute. During his visit, he was able to learn firsthand about the institution’s scientific and technological capabilities and gave a colloquium titled The Thirty Meter Telescope and Science of the Future
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  • Le Good Cosmic Market que se celebra dentro de la programación de Plenilunio Santa crio 2025
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    El IAC acercará el Cosmos a Le Good Market con actividades de divulgación en el Parque García Sanabria con motivo de Plenilunio
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) colabora con Le Good ‘Cosmic’ Market dentro del entorno de la celebración de Plenilunio acercando con una amplia agenda de actividades divulgativas que tendrán lugar en el Parque García Sanabria, de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, los días 4 y 5 de octubre. En ocasión de la elección de la temática ‘ cosmic’ de esta cita en la capital tinerfeña, la Unidad de Comunicación y Cultura Científica (UC3) del IAC ha asesorado a la organización del market para que toda su imagen y materiales tengan respaldo científico avalado. Además, el centro ofrece un programa
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  • Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first light images of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas. This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time
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    The Rubin Observatory begins its exploration of the sky with the support of the IAC and Grantecan
    The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located in Chile, today released its first images of the universe, known in astronomy as an instrument's “first light”. This event marks the beginning of a project that will revolutionise our understanding of the universe over the next decade. Jointly funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating, as part of a consortium of Spanish institutions, in its scientific exploitation and contributing observation time from the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or
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