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  • Attendees at the Solar MHD (UKUS 7) conference held in the Aula at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna
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    The IAC hosts the second Solar MHD conference, an international meeting of experts in solar physics
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is hosting the second Solar MHD ( UKUS 7) conference this week. Following the successful first edition held in Eastbourne (UK) in 2022, this event brings together nearly fifty international experts to discuss the latest advancements in solar magnetohydrodynamics. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is a branch of physics that studies the behavior of electrically conducting fluids, such as solar plasma. Understanding MHD processes in the Sun is essential for predicting phenomena like solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which can significantly impact
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  • Nayra Rodríguez Eugenio, director of the AEACI, welcomes the participants of the school
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    The IAC is celebrating 10 years of Educational Adventure in Astronomy
    Yesterday saw the start of the 10th International School Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands (AEACI 2024) which will be celebrated during the full week in the IACTEC building in La Laguna (Tenerife), and which 65 teachers from 23 countries are attending. This school, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) together with other scientific and educational institutions, has reached its tenth anniversary, and has given training in the teaching of astronomy to 600 teachers from all over the world. With the title “Explore the Universe with us” the AEACI 2024 has
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  • Poster for the 2024 edition of "Habla con Ellas: Mujeres en Astronomía"
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    Sixth edition of "Talk to Them: Women in Astronomy" and other initiatives to celebrate the Day of Women and Girls in Science
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is joining in the celebrations for 11 February by taking part in more than a dozen actions aimed at promoting scientific and technological vocations among girls and young women and making the role of women in the development of science more visible. The report " Radiography of the gender gap in STEAM education" published in 2022 by the Equality Unit of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training shows that in some key disciplines for the future and, in particular, those related to Astronomy and Astrophysics, progress is not being made
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  • Cartel de la charla. Crédito: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, CC BY-SA3.0 IGO
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    Public talk: The Milky Way and its impacts with other galaxies
    Tomorow, 10th November, at 18:00 the Museum of Science and the Cosmos will offer, free, a lectura with the title “The Milky Way and its encounters with other galaxies. It will be given in Spanish by Teresa Antoja, an astrophysicist and Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Institute of Science of the Cosmos in the University of Barcelona (ICCUB). The field of encounters between galaxies has been growing in importance in recent years. The European Space Agency (ESA), launched the Gaia mission some years ago, and this has provided a large amount of new information in the form of data which have
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    The Infrared: beyond the rainbow
    From today the new edition of the monographic magazine Paralajes, produced and edited by the IAC, is available in both digital and paper formats. This volume is on the theme of astronomy in the infrared, radiation outside the range visible to the human eye, very important in the history of the IAC, described in detail in over 170 pages. A major fraction of the energy emitted within the universe is in the infrared, but we cannot detect it except using instruments specially developed to do this. The IAC has been aware of this since its beginning, and has been developing infrared instruments
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  • Workshop "China-Spain collaboration on astronomical high-resolution spectroscopy"
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    A workshop in La Palma consolidates scientific collaboration in astronomy between Spain and China
    From 25 to 28 July, the workshop " China-Spain collaboration on astronomical high-resolution spectroscopy" will be held in Fuencaliente (La Palma). Its aim is to consolidate scientific collaboration between China and Spain in astronomy, especially in the context of the technological development of the CHORUS instrument and its applications in different fields of astrophysical research. CHORUS (Canary Hybrid Optical high-Resolution Ultra-stable Spectrograph) is a high spectral resolution ultra-stable spectrograph for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan) being developed by the
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