El Museo de Ciencia y el Cosmos (MCC), perteneciente al Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros (OAMC), se convierte este mes en el escenario de una experiencia astronómica accesible. El próximo jueves 26 de febrero a las 17:00 horas, el doctor Enrique Pérez Montero impartirá la conferencia " Los sonidos de las estrellas", una propuesta que rompe con la tradición visual de la astronomía para acercar el cosmos a través del oído. La charla forma parte de la colaboración entre el MCC y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) dentro del proyecto Estallidos 8 , liderado por los
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been honoured with the Canary Islands Diamond Award in the category of Business and Economic Innovation, a distinction granted by Canal 4 Tenerife as part of the first edition of these awards on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. The recognition is bestowed “in acknowledgement of its scientific excellence and its international projection from the Canary Islands” and highlights the IAC’s contribution to the development of a knowledge-based economy in the Archipelago. The IAC was selected as the winner following a jury evaluation process
An international scientific team, involving the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has identified the cause of an unusually long dimming of a distant star . The phenomenon is explained by the passage of a substellar object with a giant ring system, similar to a ‘cosmic saucer’, in front of the host star. The star, named ASASSN-24fw, is located in the Monoceros constellation at about 3,000 light-years away from Earth. The star faded steadily for more than nine months between late 2024 and mid-2025 to about 97% dark before returning to its normal