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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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    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participa en Starmus Festival
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participa como colaborador en Starmus Festival que se celebra desde este viernes 25 de abril hasta el lunes 28 en La Palma. El IAC lleva su actividad divulgadora y su conocimiento científico a la agenda de este festival internacional que fusiona ciencia, arte y tecnología de vanguardia. Dentro del programa de Lectures , en el Hotel Meliá La Palma, el director del IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet, impartirá una charla con el título ‘Living with a star: the good, the bad, and the ugly’. Además, la subdirectora del centro, Eva Villaver Sobrino, formará
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  • Imagen de la jornada Quantum Computer Master class en el IAC
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    El IAC conmemora el Día Mundial de la Tecnología Cuántica con una jornada formativa para docentes
    Con motivo de la celebración del Día Mundial de la Tecnología Cuántica (14 de abril de 2025), el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) organizó la jornada “Quantum Computer Master class”, una actividad formativa dirigida al profesorado de secundaria y formación profesional. El evento tuvo como objetivo el acercar los avances y aplicaciones de la tecnología cuántica a la comunidad educativa y fomentar el desarrollo de la sociedad del conocimiento en las Islas Canarias.
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  • Attendees at the 2025 ExGal-Twin Regional Workshop on European Project Management held at the IACTEC headquarters in Tenerife
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    The IAC promotes European Project Management with the ExGal-Twin 2025 workshop
    The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is promoting knowledge about European project management with a dedicated forum taking place on April 23 and 24 at the IACTEC headquarters in Tenerife. The 2025 ExGal-Twin Regional Workshop on European Project Management is an event organized by the ExGal-Twin project and the Office of Transfer and Institutional Actions (OTAI) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), under the title "Innovation in European Project Management: Challenges and Opportunities" . The main objective of this workshop is to bring together R&D&I entities
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  • Dr Matt Mountain's talk at the IAC's Aula in La Laguna
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    Matt Mountain meets young IAC talents during the STARMUS festival
    In the framework of the STARMUS festival, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias received the visit of Dr. Matt Mountain, current president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), and former director of the Gemini observatory and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScl). During his visit to Tenerife, Mountain had an informal meeting with the scientific community of the IAC, especially with the younger research staff: PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and researchers with Ramon y Cajal contracts. The meeting, which took place in the institution's
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    Evolution of stellar magnetic activity: the Sun has similar magnetic activity as its pairs
    It’s been decades since the need to study other stars to understand the past, present and future of the Sun was realized. One important aspect that has been investigated is the magnetic activity of stars for which we cannot fully grasp the mechanisms involved. Indeed, the origin of stellar magnetic cycles or the dependence of the magnetic activity on the stellar properties are not completely understood. This knowledge improves not only our understanding of the physics involved in stellar evolution but also affects the study of the Sun to better predict high-energy events and the better
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  • James Webb Space Telescope image of the planetary nebula NGC 1514
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    The James Webb Space Telescope captures 'the wedding rings' of a stellar couple
    An international team, including a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has obtained an incredible image of the planetary nebula NGC 1514 using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), revealing the nebula's spectacular dusty rings in unprecedented detail. NGC 1514 was one of the first nebulae to be studied by astronomer William Herschel, who noted that when viewed through his telescope (the biggest in the World at the time) the nebula looked like a fuzzy cloud somewhat similar in appearance to one of his other discoveries: the planet Neptune. The new images acquired
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