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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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  • Didier Queloz during his lecture in the IAC Aula
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    Nobel laureate Didier Queloz visits the IAC and outlines the ‘next frontier’ in the search for exoplanets
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) welcomed the visit of Professor Didier Queloz, Nobel Laureate in Physics and co-discoverer of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star. Professor Queloz's stay at the IAC has focused on instrumental development and technological collaboration. As part of his agenda, he also gave a lecture entitled ‘Exoplanets: the next frontier’ in the IAC Lecture Hall. The researcher visited the IAC to supervise the installation of a new high-stability spectrograph on the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma
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  • Iniciativa internacional Equal Day
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    El IAC invita a los centros educativos a unirse al "Equal Day 2026" por la paz y la igualdad
    Por segundo año consecutivo, el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), en colaboración con el equipo de Coordinadores Nacionales de Educación de la Astronomía (NAEC) en España de la Oficina de Astronomía para la Educación (Unión Astronómica Internacional), se suma a la iniciativa internacional Equal Day. Este evento global, que se celebrará entre el 18 y el 23 de marzo de 2026, utiliza la astronomía como una herramienta para promover la paz, la equidad, la sostenibilidad y la empatía en todo el planeta. Consolidando un éxito internacional Tras una inspiradora primera edición en 2025 que
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