This innovative educational project, whose name gives a nod to the Canarian municipality of Tïas, is a pilot experiment for the 2nd year of primary education in which scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna are collaborating.

Pupils of primary schools on the island can take part in the competition.

This innovative educational project, whose name gives a nod to the Canarian municipality of Tïas, is a pilot experiment for the 2nd year of primary education in which scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna are collaborating.

The discoverers, students at the El Calero Institute of Secondary Education (IES), who participe in the Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETER) coordinated by the IAC, are the youngest people in formal education who have made a discovery of this type.

The discoverers, students at the El Calero Institute of Secondary Education (IES), who participe in the Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETER) coordinated by the IAC, are the youngest people in formal education who have made a discovery of this type.

“The quality of measurements in Asteroseismology has a factor of a hundred better precision now than ten years ago and that is what makes the whole field emerge” “With the TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission from NASA we will see a much bigger variety of stars and we will be able to complement the data we have now” “We really have a lack of young scientists entering science and engineering studies” “Girls need more encouragement than boys, they should not think too quickly that they cannot do Science” By Elena Mora (IAC) Conny Aerts is the Director of the Institute of