News

This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

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  • TTT telescopes at the Teide Observatory
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    The Teide Observatory hosts the presentation of the TTT telescopes
    The Teide Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) today hosted the official presentation of the Two-meter Twin Telescope (TTT), a private astronomical infrastructure that has been operating since December 2022 and consolidates the Canary Islands' role as a strategic international hub for astrophysical research. During the event, the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, emphasized that the TTT project represents "a new stage in which the Economic and Fiscal Regime (REF), combined with science, promotes a knowledge-based economy that
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  • Le Good Cosmic Market que se celebra dentro de la programación de Plenilunio Santa crio 2025
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    El IAC acercará el Cosmos a Le Good Market con actividades de divulgación en el Parque García Sanabria con motivo de Plenilunio
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) colabora con Le Good ‘Cosmic’ Market dentro del entorno de la celebración de Plenilunio acercando con una amplia agenda de actividades divulgativas que tendrán lugar en el Parque García Sanabria, de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, los días 4 y 5 de octubre. En ocasión de la elección de la temática ‘ cosmic’ de esta cita en la capital tinerfeña, la Unidad de Comunicación y Cultura Científica (UC3) del IAC ha asesorado a la organización del market para que toda su imagen y materiales tengan respaldo científico avalado. Además, el centro ofrece un programa
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  • Participants at the first UNDARK Workshop held at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna
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    The IAC hosts the first UNDARK Workshop to unveil the secrets of the dark universe
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is currently hosting the first Workshop of the European project UNDARK, a pioneering initiative that brings together international experts in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics to explore the great enigmas of the dark universe. The meeting, held at the IAC headquarters from September 29 to October 3, places special emphasis on radio wave observations and their connections with gravitational wave detection. Throughout the week, leading researchers are discussing the latest advances, ongoing projects, and future observational and
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  • Asistentes a las jornadas "Astrofisica y Espacio" celebradas en La Palma en el marco del programa DiploInnova
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    El IAC participa en La Palma en el programa DiploInnova para proyectar la ciencia y la innovación canaria mediante la cooperación
    La Palma acoge durante tres días DiploInnova, un programa de Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias organizado con la colaboración del IAC El presidente de Canarias, Fernando Clavijo, resaltó, esta mañana en el Roque de los Muchachos, en La Palma, el papel de Canarias en la resolución de los desafíos del planeta a través de la ciencia en la inauguración del programa DiploInnova , una jornada de diplomacia científica que busca posicionar a las islas en el ámbito internacional, dedicada en esta ocasión a la Astrofísica y el Espacio. Para Clavijo, la colaboración internacional en el ámbito
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  • Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Metre Telescope International Observatory (TIO), during his talk at the IAC.
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    Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory, visits the IAC and gives a colloquium on the Thirty Meter Telescope
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has received a visit from Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO) . During his stay at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna, he was welcomed by the center’s director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, and by the deputy director, Eva Villaver Sobrino, along with other members of the research institute. During his visit, he was able to learn firsthand about the institution’s scientific and technological capabilities and gave a colloquium titled The Thirty Meter Telescope and Science of the Future
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    Discovery of a transiting hot water-world candidate orbiting Ross 176 with TESS and CARMENES
    The TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has discovered many exoplanet candidates that need to be confirmed and characterized from the ground. One of them orbits Ross 176, a K-type dwarf star, where we have identified a promising hot “water-world” candidate. Using spectroscopic observations with the CARMENES instrument, we confirmed the planetary nature of the signal detected by TESS and estimated the planet’s mass. To improve the analysis, we applied an advanced statistical method called Gaussian Process, which allowed us to separate the star’s own variability (quite strong
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