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  • Rafael Rebolo López.
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    IAC researcher Rafael Rebolo elected Full Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain
    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
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  • Carlos Blanco, director de estrategia de SENSIA en su visita al IAC junto al responsable de Instrumentación, Marcos Reyes; y el jefe de departamento de Óptica del IAC, José Luis Rasilla.
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    El IAC y SENSIA se alían para impulsar la vanguardia en tecnología infrarroja y sistemas espaciales
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias y la empresa tecnológica han firmado un protocolo general de actuación para el desarrollo conjunto de instrumentación avanzada en los rangos MWIR y LWIR . El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y la empresa de alta tecnología de imagen infrarroja SENSIA Solutions, S.L. (SENSIA) han formalizado este viernes, 20 de marzo de 2026, un Protocolo General de Actuación con el objetivo de establecer un marco estratégico de colaboración científica y tecnológica . La colaboración se ha formalizado con la firma de este protocolo por parte de Valentín
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  • Begoña García Lorenzo, Verónica Martín y Silvia Granja en el programa / IAC
    El programa “Soñando Estrellas” se acerca a la parte más tecnológica del IAC de la mano de Begoña García
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) emite este jueves, 9 de abril de 2026, a las 22:30 horas, una nueva edición de su programa radiofónico “Soñando Estrellas”, que se emite a través de la radio pública, La Radio Canaria . Bajo la conducción de Verónica Martín, este espacio de 30 minutos de duración rinde homenaje en su nombre al libro del fundador del IAC, Francisco Sánchez, y busca acercar a la audiencia la labor pionera de los más de 400 profesionales que trabajan en las sedes de Tenerife y La Palma, gestionando los Observatorios de Canarias. En esta edición, el programa cuenta
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  • Javalambre Auxiliary Survey Telescope, at the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory (Teruel, Spain)
    Press release
    The ULL and the IAC have created one of the largest photometric catalogues of asteroids observed in Spain
    A team of scientists, including astrophysicist Carlos Hernández Monteagudo from the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC), has compiled one of the most comprehensive catalogues of small bodies in the Solar System, based on photometric observations made from Earth. The study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, compiles data on 6,579 asteroids, comets and irregular satellites, mainly from the main belt located between Mars and Jupiter, opening up new possibilities for studying their composition and rotation. The
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  • Serge Haroche, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, and F. Duncan Haldane, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
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    Two Nobel Laureates in Physics visit the IAC as part of the 18th ULL Physics Students’ Congress
    On 9 and 10 April, the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) will welcome two distinguished physicists: Serge Haroche, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, and F. Duncan Haldane, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics. Both scientists have been invited by the IAC to take part in the 18th Congress of Physics Students (COEFIS), organised by students from the University of La Laguna, and will each give a lecture in the IAC Lecture Hall from 10.30 am. On Thursday 9 April, the IAC will welcome Professor Haroche, and on Friday 10 April it will be Professor Haldane’s turn. In both
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  • nanojet
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    A New Modeling Insight to Explain Tiny Energetic Bursts in the Sun
    An international team of researchers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), has unveiled a breakthrough explanation for the origin of tiny, jet-like plasma ejections in the solar atmosphere, known as “nanojets.” These elusive events which are recently discovered by the NASA’s solar telescopes are thought to play an important role in heating and sustaining the solar corona at temperatures above one million Kelvin. Why Study Nanojets? For decades, solar physicists have been puzzled by the so-called “coronal heating problem.” While the Sun
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