Winter Schools: Press Room 2012

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  • Comparison between an observed galaxy (right) and a simulated galaxy (left) showing similarities in mass and size.
    Press release
    IAC researchers develop accurate method to measure dark matter haloes using galaxy sizes
    A new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics unveils a powerful way to determine the size of dark matter haloes—the massive, invisible structures that host galaxies—by simply measuring how large galaxies appear in deep astronomical images. Researchers Ignacio Trujillo and Claudio Dalla Vecchia, from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), demonstrate that galaxy size can serve as a precise proxy for halo size, offering measurements up to six times more accurate than previous methods. Using the cutting-edge EAGLE cosmological simulations
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  • XXII edición de las Semanas de la Ciencia y la Innovación de Canarias
    Press release
    El IAC participa en la XXII edición de las Semanas de la Ciencia y la Innovación de Canarias
    El Instituto ofrecerá actividades gratuitas durante el mes de noviembre, entre ellas visitas a su Sede Central y a IACTEC, talleres online con telescopios robóticos y su presencia en la Feria de la Ciencia de La Orotava El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) se suma un año más a las Semanas de la Ciencia y la Innovación de Canarias, una iniciativa organizada por la Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI) del Gobierno de Canarias, que celebra este año su vigésima segunda edición. Con una programación de actividades gratuitas dirigida a
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    Press release
    The IAC remains fully committed to the development of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory following the TMT decision
    On 18 September 2026, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) received a communication from the Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory (TIO) stating that its partners had been unable to reach the consensus required to accept the financial offer presented by the Ministry on 29 July to begin construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) on the island of La Palma. The proposal envisaged financing of up to €1 billion: a contribution from the Centre for the
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