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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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  • 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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  • The founding director of the IAC, Francisco Sánchez (1936-2025)
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    Francisco Sánchez, founding director of the IAC, passes away
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) announces the death of its founding director, Professor Francisco Sánchez Martínez, whose determination led to the creation of one of Europe's leading research centres and two of the world's finest astrophysical observatories: the Teide Observatory in Tenerife and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma. He passed away today in Madrid, where he had been living for the last few years, at the age of 89. The director of the IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet, emphasises that "Professor Sánchez's legacy is incalculable. He was a man who paved
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