An international team of researchers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), has unveiled a breakthrough explanation for the origin of tiny, jet-like plasma ejections in the solar atmosphere, known as “nanojets.” These elusive events which are recently discovered by the NASA’s solar telescopes are thought to play an important role in heating and sustaining the solar corona at temperatures above one million Kelvin. Why Study Nanojets? For decades, solar physicists have been puzzled by the so-called “coronal heating problem.” While the Sun

El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) se suma a la conmemoración del Día Internacional de las Mujeres y las Niñas en la Ciencia con un amplio programa de actividades orientadas a visibilizar el papel de las mujeres en la astronomía y fomentar el interés por la ciencia y la tecnología entre las nuevas generaciones. Entre las acciones más destacadas se encuentra la Editatona 11F, organizada junto a Wikimedia España. La iniciativa se articula en dos jornadas complementarias: un wikitaller práctico de introducción a la edición en Wikipedia, en el que las personas participantes aprenden

A delegation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), led by its Director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, is attending the Big Science Industry Forum Spain 2025 (BSIFS2025), the main national meeting dedicated to the Big Science Industry, on 3 and 4 December. The team is presenting the centre’s scientific and technological advances and strengthening strategic links with companies, technology centres and international scientific infrastructures. The IAC strengthens its presence at Spain’s largest Big Science Industry forum The Big Science Industry Forum Spain 2025, organised by CDTI