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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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  • Red giant spiral-shaped winds
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    Old stars live longer than we thought
    The type of stars we refer to, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, officially up to now the objects which have suffered the greatest loss of mass. But the spiral structures detected by an international team, including a member who researches at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and at the University of La Laguna (ULL) show that this is not the case. The results of this work are published today in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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  • Fotogramas del cuarto vídeo de la serie “Niñas que rompieron un techo de cristal mirando al cielo”, del IAC y la FECYT. Crédito: IAC.
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    A new chapter in the series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”
    To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we publish the fourth chapter in the audiovisual series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”. It will be available in the social networks and the video channels (YouTube and Daylimotion) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), and its objective is to continue drawing attention to the work that women in this Institute carry out, and to encourage the youngest girls to opt for scientific and technical careers.
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  • Poster of the activity "Habla con ellas: Mujeres en Astronomía"
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    Encourage scientific and technological vocations among younger women
    Because of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and International Women’s Day, women scientists and engineers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will participate, throughout February and March, in a number of activities to show the role of women in science and to arouse interest in science in young girls.
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  • hydrodynamical simulation of a high-speed head-on collision between two 10 Earth-mass planets
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    Massive collision in the planetary system Kepler 107
    Two of the planets which are orbiting the star Kepler 107 could be the result of an impact similar to that which affected the Earth to produce the Moon. An international team whose members include a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna, are publishing the results of this work today in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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  • Algunos asistentes al acto de colocación de la placa del Gran Premio de la Unión Europea para el Patrimonio Cultural / Premio Europa Nostra 2018, concedido al Heredamiento de las Haciendas de Argual y Tazacorte, y de conmemoración del 30º aniversario de la Ley del Cielo. Crédito: Demetrio de Almeida Rodrigues.
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    Protegiendo el cielo, el entorno y el agua de La Palma
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participó el pasado sábado, 2 de febrero, en el acto de colocación de la placa del Gran Premio de la Unión Europea para el Patrimonio Cultural / Premio Europa Nostra 2018, concedido al Heredamiento de las Haciendas de Argual y Tazacorte, y de conmemoración del 30º aniversario de la Ley del Cielo.
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