The IAC presents a public outreach video about the project “Polarized Radiation Diagnostics for Exploring the Magnetism of the Outer Solar Atmosphere” (POLMAG)...
The IAC promotes European Project Management with the ExGal-Twin 2025 workshop
The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is promoting knowledge about European project management with a dedicated forum taking place on April 23 and...
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...
The IAC's most international astronomical adventure comes to an end
Last week the sixth edition of the summer course "Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands", coordinated by the IAC and NUCLIO, was held in virtual...
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...
The IACOB project: A new Era in the Study of Galactic OB Stars
IACOB is an ambitious long-term project whose main scientific goal is to provide an unprecedented empirical overview of the main physical properties of Galactic...
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...
THE IMPACT OF NON-LTE EFFECTS AND GRANULATION INHOMOGENEITIES ON THE DERIVED IRON AND OXYGEN ABUNDANCES IN METAL-POOR HALO STARS
This paper presents the results of a detailed theoretical investigation of the impact of non-LTE (NLTE) effects and of granulation inhomogeneities on the...
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...