IN FAVOUR OF A DARK SKY

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  • Imagen del eclipse total de Sol tomada desde Borobia (Soria) el 12 de agosto de 2026
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    El IAC extiende a Borobia y Calahorra su despliegue científico y divulgativo con motivo del eclipse solar total
    Investigadoras, investigadores y personal técnico del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participaron en actividades de observación, divulgación y formación en distintas localidades españolas durante el eclipse del 12 de agosto. El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) desplegó el pasado 12 de agosto equipos científicos y técnicos en distintos puntos de la Península para participar en la observación y divulgación del eclipse solar total. Además de la actividad central desarrollada en Palencia en el marco del proyecto internacional NATE (North African Telescope Eclipse), personal del
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  • Hannah Thiel explica conceptos de comunicaciones cuánticas durante un curso del proyecto CELESTE en el IAC.
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    The IAC promotes training in quantum communications within the framework of the CELESTE project
    The course, taught by Hannah Thiel, a researcher at the Vigo Quantum Communication Center, brought Institute staff together around the foundations, applications and technological challenges of quantum communications and quantum key distribution. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) held a specialised course on quantum communications on 28 and 29 July, organised at the invitation of the Free Space Optics Communications Lab of the CELESTE project. The training, delivered by researcher Hannah Thiel, from the Vigo Quantum Communication Center at the Universidad de Vigo, took place at
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  • Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Metre Telescope International Observatory (TIO), during his talk at the IAC.
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    Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory, visits the IAC and gives a colloquium on the Thirty Meter Telescope
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has received a visit from Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO) . During his stay at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna, he was welcomed by the center’s director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, and by the deputy director, Eva Villaver Sobrino, along with other members of the research institute. During his visit, he was able to learn firsthand about the institution’s scientific and technological capabilities and gave a colloquium titled The Thirty Meter Telescope and Science of the Future
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