El Centro de Astrofísica de La Palma cuenta con la primera estación de medida de la calidad del aire de la isla, una nueva instalación que facilita datos en tiempo real sobre meteorología y contaminación atmosférica. Bajo un convenio de colaboración suscrito entre la Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), se pretenden prevenir, vigilar y corregir posibles casos de polución. La estación, puesta en marcha a principios de año, está equipada con dispositivos que miden diferentes parámetros en el aire del entorno de Breña Baja. Entre

Unprecedently deep images constraint the luminosity of a peculiar neutron star, the sixth known to date

Thierry Corbard, of the Côte d'Azur Observatory (France), When will we understand the Sun's core? To understand the Sun's core we need to identify gravity modes that have not yet been fully detected. Although we can guess at the nature of these g modes, more observations and instruments are needed to improve the signal to noise ratio. Once detected, we can use the fact that these modes are sensitive to dynamic structures in the Sun's core to make some predictions about  its temperature and rate of rotation. We are also likely to gain some insight into neutrino physics. Jørgen Christensen

When we look at the Sun we cannot penetrate beyond its outer surface, the photosphere, which emits the photons that make up the radiation we can see. So how can we find out what is inside it?

When scientists realised that observing and analysing oscillations in the Sun could provide information about its interior, it was only a matter of time before Helioseismology was put to work on other stars

One hundred and fifty experts in Solar and Stellar Seismology from over twenty countries will converge on Lanzarote from the 1st to the 5th February for the 4th HELAS International Conference, organised by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)