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  • Participantes en el Congreso Internacional Solar MHD 2026, celebrado del 10 al 14 de agosto en A Coruña
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    El IAC participa en el Congreso Internacional Solar MHD 2026 celebrado en A Coruña coincidiendo con el eclipse total del 12 de agosto
    Investigadores e investigadoras del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participaron activamente en Solar MHD 2026, un congreso internacional dedicado al estudio de la magnetohidrodinámica solar, cuya organización local contó con una destacada presencia del IAC y la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). El encuentro combinó cinco jornadas de investigación con la observación del eclipse desde Galicia y diversas actividades de divulgación científica. El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) tuvo una destacada participación en el Congreso Internacional Solar MHD 2026, celebrado del 10 al 14 de
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  • An artist’s impression of the collision between a dwarf galaxy known as LKH (left) and a young Milky Way (right), some 12 billion years ago.
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    The IAC and the ULL have contributed to the Hubble discovery that reveals one of the earliest mergers in the Milky Way
    Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its evolution. This finding extends our knowledge of our galaxy’s history 1.8 billion years farther back in time than before. The results were published today in the journal Nature Astronomy . The Milky Way today is a massive spiral galaxy home to hundreds of billions of stars. However, our galaxy wasn’t always so large; it has grown by
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  • Imagen de la corona solar en el eclipse total de Sol del 12 de agosto tomada en Palencia / Santiago Torres
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    The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics successfully tested its solar corona measurement equipment in Palencia, where thousands of people enjoyed the total solar eclipse
    After months of work, the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) successfully concluded its scientific, outreach, and educational program in Palencia, where thousands of people enjoyed the total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026. The program, designed jointly by the IAC and the Palencia City Council, filled the streets and theaters throughout the province. This historic event concluded with a high turnout. Thousands of people—including locals and visitors from all over the world—packed the viewing areas set up in Palencia to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical spectacle live. The
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  • The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will broadcast a special program live and free of charge to mark the total solar eclipse via its official YouTube channel.
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will broadcast the total solar eclipse live from Palencia via its official channel
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will broadcast a special program live and free of charge to mark the total solar eclipse via its official YouTube channel. The production and technical setup will be located at Cerro del Otero in Palencia, from where a program featuring science outreach, technical analysis, and institutional segments will be broadcast, with the goal of bringing cutting-edge astrophysics to the general public. The broadcast will be hosted by science journalist and head of the IAC’s Scientific Communication and Culture Unit, Verónica Martín, with support from IAC
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  • Imagen de un eclipse total de Sol
    El IAC despliega sus equipos en Palencia y en distintos puntos de la Península para el histórico eclipse solar del 12 de agosto
    Con motivo del eclipse solar total que se observará desde la Península el próximo 12 de agosto, el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) desplegará un amplio equipo de investigadoras, investigadores y personal técnico en múltiples localidades españolas para desarrollar labores científicas, divulgativas y de observación del fenómeno. El epicentro de este despliegue estará en Palencia con el proyecto internacional NATE (North African Telescope Eclipse), liderado por el IAC en colaboración con la Universidad Mohammed VI Politécnica (UM6P) de Marruecos y el National Solar Observatory (NSO)
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  • Grayscale DRAGO-2 image showing two SWIR bands of the Ávila and Madrid wildfires, with active flames appearing as bright points and burned areas in darker tones.
    The ALISIO-1 satellite captures images of the wildfires in Ávila and Madrid with the DRAGO-2 infrared camera
    The observations made by the IAC’s first in-house satellite reflect the capacity of the technology developed by IACTEC-Space to monitor wildfires and other natural phenomena from space. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has obtained new images of the wildfires recorded in Ávila and Madrid using DRAGO-2, the short-wave infrared camera on board the ALISIO-1 satellite. The observations, processed by the IACTEC-Space team, make it possible to identify the area affected by the fire and show the potential of this technology for Earth observation and support for the monitoring of
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