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An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the IAC, have performed a unique cosmic test - measuring the mass of an ancient star using two entirely different methods, finding agreement to within just 1.4%. This result marks a milestone in our ability to determine the ages of old stars and use them as living fossils to study the Milky Way’s distant past. The team analysed the red giant in the binary system KIC 10001167 using two independent approaches: firstly, by measuring the brightness and radial velocity variations due to the orbital motion of the binary, and secondlyAdvertised on -
The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), located on La Palma, has reached another important milestone with the installation of the camera of the LST-4, one of the four Large-Sized Telescopes (LST), which will be part of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), currently under construction. The installation of the camera represents the completion of the telescope assembly and marks its transition to the commissioning phase. After a thorough performance evaluation at the IACTEC building, the IAC's technological and businessAdvertised on -
La casa de control de los telescopios MAGIC , en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM), en La Palma, luce desde hoy una nueva imagen, la del “Enano Estelar”, en homenaje a una de las figuras más queridas de las Fiestas Lustrales de la Bajada de la Virgen de las Nieves . La intervención artística, promovida por la colaboración científica MAGIC, ha sido presentada en un acto institucional que ha reunido a autoridades locales, representantes del mundo científico y medios de comunicación. La transformación del edificio —cuya singular cubierta, obra del arquitecto José Luis PortaAdvertised on