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    ¿Qué tienen en común la Vía Láctea con sus galaxias ‘primas’? Descúbrelo esta semana en "Soñando Estrellas"
    El programa de divulgación científica del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) en La Radio de Canarias, " Soñando Estrellas" , emitirá su próximo episodio este viernes, 5 de diciembre, a las 22:30 horas, y posteriormente estará disponible en plataformas digitales . E l espacio, de 30 minutos de duración aproximada , y está dirigido y presentado por Verónica Martín . En este episodio, la investigadora del IAC y de la Universidad de La Laguna , Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres Rodríguez , hablará de qué tienen en común nuestra galaxia, la Vía Láctea, con sus galaxias ‘primas’ similares a ella
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  • Artist's impression of the erosion of hydrogenated amorphous carbon grains in the dusty torus of a young carbon-rich planetary nebula, releasing methyl radicals (CH3) into the gas phase
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    JWST detects the elusive methyl radical for the first time around a dying star
    An international study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) reports the first secure detection of the methyl radical (CH₃) in the environment of an evolved, carbon-rich star. The molecule was found with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in SMP LMC 011, a dying star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and points to an unexpected way of building the carbon molecules that seed the Universe with organic material. The results are published in the prestigious journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters . The methyl radical, CH₃, is one of the simplest and most
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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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