Winter Schools: Press Room 2011

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  • Eclipse caused by a super-Jupiter or brown dwarf with massive rings
    Press release
    A giant ring system around a substellar object causes a rare nine-month eclipse of its host star
    An international scientific team, involving the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has identified the cause of an unusually long dimming of a distant star . The phenomenon is explained by the passage of a substellar object with a giant ring system, similar to a ‘cosmic saucer’, in front of the host star. The star, named ASASSN-24fw, is located in the Monoceros constellation at about 3,000 light-years away from Earth. The star faded steadily for more than nine months between late 2024 and mid-2025 to about 97% dark before returning to its normal
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  • Asistentes al workshop «Del cosmos a la clínica» en la sala multipropósito de IACTEC, en San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Crédito: IAC.
    Press release
    El IAC sienta a un grupo de profesionales en la misma mesa para llevar la tecnología astrofísica al hospital
    El workshop «Del cosmos a la clínica», celebrado el 2 de octubre en la sede de IACTEC, reunió a 51 profesionales del IAC, el sistema sanitario, la universidad, la empresa y la administración de Canarias. En cuatro mesas de trabajo identificaron necesidades clínicas concretas y las primeras propuestas de colaboración para 2027. Extraer información fiable de señales muy débiles es el reto que comparten la astrofísica y la medicina. Con esa premisa, el equipo de Tecnología Médica (TECMED) de IACTEC, el espacio de colaboración tecnológica y empresarial del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
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  • LPQI-Pathfinder
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    The IAC is pioneering a new way of observing the universe by linking telescopes at Roque de los Muchachos with quantum technology
    A meeting brought together scientists, technologists and institutional representatives to present the latest developments in the La Palma Quantum Interferometer (LPQI) project, outline its next steps and analyse the potential of quantum technologies to drive science, innovation and sustainable development on La Palma. As part of the La Palma Quantum Interferometer (LPQI) project, scientists, technologists and institutional representatives met from 8 to 10 September at IACTEC in La Laguna (Tenerife) to hold the LPQI Workshop 2026, an event at which the latest advances were presented and the
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