Island of Tenerife Gold Medal awarded to the Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasANNOUNCEMENT
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At its Plenary Meeting, the local government (Cabildo) of Tenerife agreed unanimously to confer the Island of Tenerife Gold Medal to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), as well as to Loro Parque zoo and the painter Pedro González González.
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, among the tiniest and faintest galaxies known, may hold the key to understanding one of the Universe’s biggest mysteries: the true nature of dark matter. A new study reveals that even a single collision between dark matter particles every 10 billion years — roughly the age of the Universe — is enough to explain the dark matter cores observed in these small systems. These galaxies, which contain only a few thousand stars, are dominated by dark matter and have relatively simple evolutionary histories. That makes them ideal cosmic laboratories for testing theories
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) celebrates the appointment of its researcher Rafael Rebolo López, Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), as a Full Member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain (RAC), one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions. The election, unanimously agreed upon by the Academy’s plenary session in March, represents recognition of Rebolo’s extensive and distinguished scientific career, as well as his contribution to the development of modern astrophysics from Spain and
Durante tres días, especialistas en física de partículas, astrofísica, cosmología, neutrinos, rayos gamma y simulaciones compartieron en Tenerife los últimos avances para descifrar uno de los mayores enigmas del Universo. El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) acogió la semana pasada, del 17 al 19 de junio, el 23rd MultiDark Meeting, un encuentro científico que reunió a especialistas de distintos centros de investigación españoles para abordar una de las grandes preguntas abiertas de la física contemporánea: ¿de qué está hecha la materia oscura? El congreso fue organizado por la línea
