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This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

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  • SO/PHI Science and Team Meetings
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    The IAC hosts scientific meetings on Solar Orbiter's SO/PHI instrument
    From today until 5 December 2025, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is hosting the SO/PHI Science and Team Meetings, an international gathering focused on the scientific and technical advances of the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) instrument aboard ESA's Solar Orbiter (SO) space mission. The development of PHI was co-led by the Spanish Space Solar Physics Consortium (S3PC), which also currently coordinates its scientific operation and exploitation. The IAC is part of this network. PHI is a high-precision solar observation instrument equipped with two telescopes—one
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  • Members of the NAOC, LJMU and IAC attending the meeting about the NRT at the IAC headquarters
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    The IAC hosts an international meeting to advance the design and construction of the New Robotic Telescope
    On 27 and 28 November, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) hosted a meeting between representatives of the partner institutions of the New Robotic Telescope (NRT) —the IAC itself, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), and the University of Oviedo— and a delegation from the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) headed by its director, Liu Jifeng. The meeting served to analyse the current status of the project and to define the steps required to formalise China’s incorporation into the international NRT consortium. NAOC’s participation opens up a major opportunity
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  • El ministro de Industria y Turismo, Jordi Hereu, visita el Observatorio del Teide
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    El ministro de Industria y Turismo, Jordi Hereu, visita el Observatorio del Teide para conocer su potencial científico, tecnológico y turístico
    El ministro de Industria y Turismo, Jordi Hereu Boher, realizó una visita al Observatorio del Teide (OT), en Tenerife, donde pudo conocer de primera mano la labor científica, tecnológica y de innovación que se desarrolla en este enclave astronómico, referente internacional tanto en observación solar como nocturna. El ministro fue recibido por el director del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Valentín Martínez Pillet, y por la subdirectora, Eva Villaver Sobrino. A la visita también asistió el subdelegado del Gobierno en Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Jesús Javier Plata Vera, así como
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  • (De izq. a der.) Verónica Martín, Samuel Geraldía, Cristina Ramos y Alfred Rosenberg
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    ¿Cómo mueren las galaxias? La respuesta en la nueva edición del programa Soñando estrellas en La Radio Canaria
    El programa de divulgación científica del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) en La Radio Canaria, "Soñando Estrellas", emitirá su próximo episodio, este viernes, 28 de noviembre, a las 22:30 horas. El espacio, de 30 minutos de duración, está dirigido y presentado por Verónica Martín, jefa de la Unidad de Comunicación y Cultura Científica (UC3) del IAC. En este episodio la investigadora del IAC, Cristina Ramos Almeida, responderá a la pregunta de cómo nacen y crecen las galaxias y, especialmente, a cómo mueren. La investigadora, que recientemente recibió el Premio Mujer Tenías que Ser
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  • Imagen digital del TMT
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    The CCI supports the option for the TMT to be installed at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    Statement supporting the selection of La Palma for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) site: The Comité Científico Internacional (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories enthusiastically welcomes the possibility that the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) may ultimately choose the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) on La Palma as its site. The ORM offers outstanding astronomical conditions, decades of successful international cooperation in operating telescopes, and a robust legal framework protecting its dark skies. At its meeting on 27 November 2025 on the island of La Palma, the CCI
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  • Reunión anual del CCI realizada en La Palma
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    The Comité Científico Internacional of the Canary Islands Observatories holds its annual meeting in La Palma
    The members of the Comité Científico Internacional (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories met today on the island of La Palma. The ISC is the body established in the International Agreements that gave rise to the Canary Islands Observatories managed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and guarantees the effective participation of the User Institutions in decision-making regarding their use, maintenance and improvement. The meeting, held at the Hotel H10 Taburiente Playa, began with a minute's silence in memory of Professor Francisco Sánchez, founder of the IAC, whose legacy
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