IN FAVOUR OF A DARK SKY

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  • Diagram of the Sun's interior showing the tachocline, the transition layer where much of its magnetic activity originates
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    Researchers from the IAC and the ULL achieve the most accurate measurement to date of a key layer inside the Sun
    An international team composed of Drs. Sylvain G. Korzennik, from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian , and Antonio Eff-Darwich Peña, from the University of La Laguna and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has published a pioneering study aimed at improving our understanding of the Sun’s internal structure. The work, published in The Astrophysical Journal , stands out for its use of exceptionally long helioseismic time series, exceeding twenty-five years of continuous observations, to analyze the deepest layers of the Sun. Helioseismology is the study of patterns of
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  • Cartel de la tercera sesión del ciclo de charlas "Del cielo a la tesis"
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    La inteligencia artificial y los agujeros negros protagonizan una nueva sesión del ciclo “Del cielo a la tesis” en el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos
    El Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos , del Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife, acogerá el próximo jueves 23 de octubre a las 16:30 horas una nueva cita del ciclo de divulgación científica “Del cielo a la tesis”, organizado en colaboración con la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Este ciclo, impulsado por estudiantes de doctorado del IAC, tiene como objetivo acercar a la ciudadanía los temas más actuales de la investigación astrofísica contados en primera persona por quienes los desarrollan. Cada sesión, de carácter
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  • SO/PHI Science and Team Meetings
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    The IAC hosts scientific meetings on Solar Orbiter's SO/PHI instrument
    From today until 5 December 2025, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is hosting the SO/PHI Science and Team Meetings, an international gathering focused on the scientific and technical advances of the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) instrument aboard ESA's Solar Orbiter (SO) space mission. The development of PHI was co-led by the Spanish Space Solar Physics Consortium (S3PC), which also currently coordinates its scientific operation and exploitation. The IAC is part of this network. PHI is a high-precision solar observation instrument equipped with two telescopes—one
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