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  • Esta imagen ilustra la sorprendente similitud estructural entre la red cósmica del universo (filamentos de galaxias) y la red neuronal del cerebro humano, sugiriendo una organización universal de sistemas complejos a diferentes escalas
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    La física que explica el Universo también podría ayudar a entender el cerebro
    Un investigador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias propone un lenguaje científico común para explicar cómo surgen estructuras organizadas tanto en el Universo como en el cerebro humano, y defiende que las herramientas de la cosmología pueden aplicarse al estudio del cerebro. ¿Qué pueden tener en común la red de galaxias que puebla el Universo y la red de conexiones del cerebro humano? A simple vista, muy poco: sus tamaños, sus componentes y las fuerzas que los rigen no tienen nada que ver. Sin embargo, ambos sistemas comparten algo llamativo: forman estructuras complejas, con
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  • Entrega del IV Premio Javier Gorosabel de Colaboración ProAm en Astrofísica
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    El IAC recibe el IV Premio Javier Gorosabel de Colaboración ProAm junto al grupo Urania por su apoyo al estudio de exoplanetas
    El reconocimiento, concedido por la Sociedad Española de Astronomía, destaca la colaboración entre personal profesional y astrónomo aficionado en un proyecto internacional para el seguimiento de tránsitos de exoplanetas con el telescopio IAC80 del Observatorio del Teide. El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ha sido reconocido con el IV Premio Javier Gorosabel de Colaboración ProAm en Astrofísica por su participación en el proyecto desarrollado por el grupo Urania de la Agrupación Astronómica de Sabadell , dedicado al seguimiento de tránsitos de exoplanetas mediante el telescopio
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  • Arianna Di Cintio, a researcher at the IAC and lecturer at the ULL, alongside José Oñorbe from Seville, a researcher and lecturer at the University, during the symposium ‘Computational Galaxy Formation & Large-Scale Structures’
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    The IAC is organising the SEA’s first symposium dedicated to the computational study of galaxy formation
    Arianna Di Cintio, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and a lecturer at the University of La Laguna, chaired the organisation of this event, which took place as part of the 17th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA). The symposium attracted more than 75 participants at each of its four sessions, featured over 30 scientific presentations and welcomed six guest experts. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has organised the first symposium of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA) dedicated to the computational modelling of galaxies and
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  • Participants in the 11th International Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands (AEACI 2026)
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    Teachers from 24 countries are embarking on a new IAC Astronomy Adventure
    The IACTEC building, in the Las Mantecas Science and Technology Park in La Laguna, is hosting the 11th International Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands (AEACI 2026) this week. This edition forms part of the Erasmus+ Astro-Journeys project, co-funded by the European Union, in which the IAC is participating alongside eight other institutions from France, Portugal, Germany and Greece. The aim of the project is to support the professional development of teachers, enabling them to design interdisciplinary, inclusive and research-based learning experiences, using astronomy as the
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  • Elvio Hernández Suárez poses with other award recipients at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2026.
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    The IAC strengthens its international presence at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2026
    The Institute took part in the meeting held in Copenhagen with numerous contributions linked to astronomical instrumentation, precision engineering, space technologies and the development of new infrastructures for observing the Universe. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) took part in SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2026, one of the leading international meetings dedicated to the development of telescopes, astronomical instrumentation and related technologies. The conference, held from 5 to 10 July in Copenhagen, Denmark, brought together more than 3,000
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  • Tania Le Pivert Jolivet 
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    An asteroid has been named with after IAC researcher Tania Le Pivert Jolivet
    The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of asteroid (20747) Tanialepivert in honour of Tania Le Pivert Jolivet, a postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), for her contributions to the study of primitive asteroids. The scientist thus joins the group of researchers affiliated with the IAC who have an asteroid named after them. Tania Le Pivert Jolivet, a postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has been honoured with one of the most unique accolades a person dedicated to the study of the Solar System
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