The National Hub of Excellence in Quantum Communications held its general meeting on 10 and 11 February at the IACTEC building, located in the Tenerife Science and Technology Park. The event brought together representatives from Spain’s leading public institutions in the field of quantum technologies, consolidating the coordinated efforts undertaken within this strategic initiative. On Tuesday, 10 February, the programme addressed the Hub’s strategic vision within the national and European context, highlighting its alignment with Spain’s Quantum Technologies Strategy (2025–2030) and with
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ha sido distinguido por la Delegación del Gobierno en Canarias con uno de los reconocimientos entregados durante el acto de conmemoración del 47 aniversario de la Constitución española de 1978, celebrado este 6 de diciembre y presidido por el delegado del Gobierno en Canarias, Anselmo Pestana. La Delegación del Gobierno ha reconocido la labor del IAC, que celebra su 40 aniversario, en virtud del artículo 44.2 de la Constitución Española, por su fundamental contribución a la promoción de la ciencia y la investigación científica y técnica en
An international team of astronomers has captured the most detailed and completed view yet of the mysterious filaments surrounding the giant galaxy M87. Using new observations from the Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, the study reveals how these long, thread-like structures move, evolve, and interact with their galactic environment and the activity of the central supermassive black hole. These findings have just been published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. M87: a giant galaxy and its mysterious threads M87, located about 55 million