In spite of the rain, some 400 people, among them over a hundred girls and boys, participated last Saturday in the activity “HABLA CON ELLAS: mujeres in astronomy” (“TALK TO THEM: women in Astronomy”) organized on the Wehbe site in La Laguna by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

A research based on observations and simulations lead by the IAC show why the fastest spinning bars are rotating most slowly because of dark matter

A research based on observations and simulations lead by the IAC show why the fastest spinning bars are rotating most slowly because of dark matter

Tracking rhinos, making a census of gray wolves or finding poachers, are just some of the innovative capabilities of the world’s first project that combines drone technology with Astrophysics, led by the Liverpool John Moores University and with the participation of one IAC researcher.

Tracking rhinos, making a census of gray wolves or finding poachers, are just some of the innovative capabilities of the world’s first project that combines drone technology with Astrophysics, led by the Liverpool John Moores University and with the participation of one IAC researcher.

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will join the celebration, on February 11th, of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, with a street activity in La Laguna aimed at giving publicity to the work carried out by women astronomers and engineers at the Institute, and to encourage girls to take up scientific and technological careers.