The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has initiated a project of science outreach in the Tenerife-II prison in El Rosario, with the aim of bringing knowledge about the Universe to the prisoners, as well as to the educational and other working personnel at that centre. This initiative is taken in the framework of the commitment of the IAC to the popularization of science as a tool for inclusión and social transformation. The project is led by the astrophysicist, and IAC researcher David Aguado and is a continuation of a first experiment in 2024 in the Madrid V prison at Soto del Real
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) estrena este viernes, 7 de noviembre, a las 21:30 horas su nuevo programa de radio de divulgación científica en La Radio Canaria, del grupo Radio Televisión Canaria (RTVC) bajo el nombre de Soñando Estrellas. El espacio tendrá una periodicidad semanal todos los viernes a esa hora, aunque también podrá disfrutarse en medios digitales. Esta acción forma parte del acuerdo de colaboración entre la entidad científica dirigida por Valentín Martínez Pillet, y el director de La Radio Canaria, Mayer Trujillo; y su arranque se inscribe en las actividades
A new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics unveils a powerful way to determine the size of dark matter haloes—the massive, invisible structures that host galaxies—by simply measuring how large galaxies appear in deep astronomical images. Researchers Ignacio Trujillo and Claudio Dalla Vecchia, from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), demonstrate that galaxy size can serve as a precise proxy for halo size, offering measurements up to six times more accurate than previous methods. Using the cutting-edge EAGLE cosmological simulations
