News

This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

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    The IAC joins the Open Administration Week with visits to the La Palma Supercomputing Node
    The Open Adminnistration Week aims at bringing Public Administration closer to the general public based on the principle of Open Gevernment. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is participating in this edition by offering a number of visits to the La Palma Supercomputing Node between Martch 20th and 22nd. Those interested can inscribe via email. This is an initiative on world wide scale, promoted by the Aliance for Open Government ( Open Gov Week ) which will be celebrated in Spain in 2023 from March 20th to 24th. During this week the Spanish Public Administration and the organizations
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  • Imagen del proyecto "Habla con Ellas: Mujeres en Astronomía"
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    Education and social awareness activities to promote the participation of women and girls in Science
    Some 40 women astronomers, engineers and technologists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), from IACTEC and from other collaborating institutions are taking part in around ten initiatives to raise awareness of the important contribution of women in Science and to stimulate the interest of girls in scientific and technological careers. The activities are part of the celebrations of 11F, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and they will extend from February till June. Even though the percentage of women in scientific and technical careers has grown in recent
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    The IAC hosted the meetings of the PERTE Chip Commissioner, with firms and academic departments in the semiconductor field
    Today, January 30th, several meeings took place between the Commissioner of the Strategic Proyect for the Recovery and Economic Transformation of Microelectronics and Semiconductores (PERTE chip), Jaime Martorell, and entities within the sector in the Island of Tenerife, at the premises of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The meetings were chaired by the Counselor for Economic knowldege and Employment of the Canary Government, Elena Mañez, and were attended by the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, and the Director of the Canary Agency for Research, Innovation, and the
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  • Meteoro sobre el Teide
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    ¿Qué le pides al nuevo año? Cuadrántidas 2023
    Dentro de las acciones de divulgación del proyecto Interreg EELabs, la madrugada del 4 de enero, el canal sky-live.tv retransmitirá la máxima actividad de la lluvia de meteoros de las Cuadrántidas desde el Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife) y desde Extremadura, bajo el paraguas del proyecto Extremadura Buenas Noches. Como cada año, 2023 lo comenzaremos mirando al cielo para compartir la máxima actividad de la lluvia de las Cuadrántidas, que, junto a las Gemínidas y las Perseidas, forman parte del selecto grupo de las lluvias de meteoros más intensas del año, con una actividad que suele rozar
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    Last wishes of the year: Geminids 2022
    During the nights of 13th and 14th of December we will enjoy the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. This event will be broadcast live from the Canary Islands Observatories via the sky-live.tv channel, with the collaboration with the Energy Efficiency Labs, and from Extremadura, thanks to Extremadura Buenas Noches project. For more than 10 years, Geminids have been the most intense meteor shower of the year, exceeding 100 meteors per hour (ZHR), followed by the Perseids and the Quadrantids. However, on the night of 13-14 December, the Moon will be 72% illuminated, making it difficult to see
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    The challenges of Astrophysics and Cosmology
    This Friday 2nd December at 17.30 will take place the public lecture “Challenges of Astrophysics and Cosmology”, which will tackle the role of technology in the comprehension of exoplanets, stellar formation and dark holes, among others, and the new questions that arise with the advancement of knowledge. The rendezvous is at the lecture theatre of the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, La Laguna (Tenerife). Malcolm Longair (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge) will give this public lecture on the occasion of the XXXIII Canary Islands Winter School - Overlaps at the Frontiers of
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