Más de mil personas asistieron ayer a este evento de divulgación científica, celebrado en el Palacio de Formación y Congresos de Puerto del Rosario, donde disfrutaron de una serie de charlas sobre las distintas áreas de investigación en las que trabaja el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias y la instrumentación presente y futura en los Observatorios de Canarias.

Next Wednesday, January 31st, the Moon will feature with a total eclipse of a “supermoon” which will also be the second full Moon of the month.

Next Wednesday, January 31st, the Moon will feature with a total eclipse of a “supermoon” which will also be the second full Moon of the month. This will be a curious coincidence, but without any kind of effect, either positive or negative, on our planet.

El jueves 25 de enero tendrá lugar en el Palacio de Formación y Congresos de Puerto del Rosario, en Fuerteventura, un encuentro de divulgación científica organizado por Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI) y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) donde personal investigador del centro expondrán los avances en distintos campos de la Astrofísica y la instrumentación presente y futura en los Observatorios de Canarias.

The centres of massive galaxies are among the most exotic regions in the Universe. They harbour supermassive black holes, with masses of at least one million, and reaching thousands of millions of times the mass of the Sun. These black holes can cause a great deal of matter to fall towards them, producing the emission of huge quantities of energy before they finally fall into the black hole. Also, during this period (the "active phase" of the galaxy, referred to as an AGN or Active Galactic Nucleus) matter is expelled from outside the black hole in the form of high velocity (relativistic)

The centres of massive galaxies are among the most exotic regions in the Universe. They harbour supermassive black holes, with masses of at least one million, and reaching thousands of millions of times the mass of the Sun. These black holes can cause a great deal of matter to fall towards them, producing the emission of huge quantities of energy before they finally fall into the black hole. Also, during this period (the "active phase" of the galaxy, referred to as an AGN or Active Galactic Nucleus) matter is expelled from outside the black hole in the form of high velocity (relativistic)