The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) announces the death of its founding director, Professor Francisco Sánchez Martínez, whose determination led to the creation of one of Europe's leading research centres and two of the world's finest astrophysical observatories: the Teide Observatory in Tenerife and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma. He passed away today in Madrid, where he had been living for the last few years, at the age of 89. The director of the IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet, emphasises that "Professor Sánchez's legacy is incalculable. He was a man who paved
El catedrático de Astrofísica de la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) e investigador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Artemio Herrero Davó ha sido distinguido con el XV Premio Institucional a la Investigación en la categoría general, un reconocimiento que destaca su dilatada trayectoria científica y su contribución al avance de la astrofísica. La entrega del galardón tuvo lugar ayer, 11 de marzo, durante el acto del Día Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna , celebrado en el Paraninfo con motivo del 234 aniversario de la fundación de la institución académica. En este evento
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Wikimedia Spain are organising, on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a Wikipedia editing workshop and an edit-a-thon of biographies of female astronomers and astrophysicists, an initiative that seeks to highlight the talent of women in the field of astronomy and astrophysics and contribute to reducing existing content gaps in the free encyclopaedia. The proposal is divided into two complementary days, designed to facilitate participation by anyone, regardless of their level of prior knowledge about editing
