IN FAVOUR OF A DARK SKY

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  • Charlas divulgativas "Del Cielo a la Tesis"
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    Del Cielo a la Tesis explora el origen de la Vía Láctea y los 40 años del Observatorio del Teide en una nueva sesión divulgativa
    El ciclo de charlas divulgativas " Del Cielo a la Tesis", impulsado por el estudiantado predoctoral del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) para acercar la investigación astrofísica a la ciudadanía, celebrará una nueva sesión el próximo jueves 21 de mayo a las 17:00 horas en el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, del Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife. La jornada volverá a contar con el formato habitual de dos charlas divulgativas de 30 minutos cada una, en las que el público podrá descubrir, por un lado, cómo se estudia la
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  • An artist's impression of Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26.
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    Gran Telescopio Canarias observations confirm that Hayabusa2's asteroid target is smaller and faster than expected
    Astronomers have used telescopes around the world, includingthe Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, to study the asteroid 1998 KY26, revealing it to be almost three times smaller and spinning much faster than previously thought. The asteroid is the 2031 target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission. The new observations offer key information for the mission’s operations at the asteroid. “We found that the reality of the object is completely different from what it was previously described as,” says astronomer Toni Santana-Ros, a
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  • A panoramic view of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, with the new LST telescope array in the foreground
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    The IAC is ensuring connectivity between its observatories via a new submarine and terrestrial fibre-optic network
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has successfully completed a technological milestone of great significance: the “Redundancy of the RedIRIS Tenerife–La Palma Maritime and Terrestrial Optical Network” project. This new and robust optical communications network guarantees the continuity of the data highways for the Canary Islands’ observatories — the Teide Observatory (OT) in Tenerife and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) in La Palma — ensuring their connectivity in the event of any technical or environmental contingency. This achievement is the result of a joint
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