Scope: Science and Technology

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    The IAC remains fully committed to the development of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory following the TMT decision
    On 18 September 2026, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) received a communication...
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    The IAC sends to space its second instrument for Earth observation
    The infrared camera DRAGO-2, developed by the team at IACTEC-Space and integrated into the satellite carrier ION-scv007 Glorious Gratia of the Italian company D...
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    The IAC successfully integrates the scientific detector into FRIDA, a new high-resolution instrument for the Grantecan
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has successfully completed the integration of the scientific detector into the FRIDA (inFRared Imager and...
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    The IAC validates a method for measuring the masses of stars using their seismic waves
    An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the IAC, have performed a unique cosmic test - measuring the mass of an ancient star using two...
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    The IAC, re-elected to the Science Lab of Microsoft's Azure computer network
    A new project from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been chosed to be carried out in the Science Lab in the seventh edition of the Global...
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    The impact of deep learning for the analysis of galaxy surveys
    The amount and complexity of data delivered by modern galaxy surveys has been steadily increasing over the past years. New facilities will soon provide imaging...
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    The impact of strong recombination on temperature determination in planetary nebulae
    The long-standing difference in chemical abundances determined from optical recombination lines and collisionally excited lines raises questions about our...
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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...
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    The James Webb telescope produces an unparalleled view of the ghostly light in galaxy clusters
    A recent study, entirely done by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has produced the most complete analysis to date of the...