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  • Electronic board developed by the IAC for the PLATO mission, displayed alongside other technological components in the exhibition ‘In search of new Earths’.
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    The IAC participates in the exhibition ‘In search of new Earths’ on the European space mission PLATO
    The exhibition, opened at the Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla-La Mancha, brings the search for Earth-like planets closer to the public and displays technological components developed by Spanish centres involved in the mission. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating in the temporary exhibition ‘In search of new Earths’, a display dedicated to the European space mission PLATO and to one of the major challenges in astrophysics today: the search for and characterisation of habitable Earth-like planets beyond the Solar System. The exhibition, which can be visited until
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  • La investigadora Julia de León con las finalistas del Premio Mujeres a Seguir (MAS) 2024 en la categoría de Ciencia
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    La investigadora del IAC Julia de León, Premio Mujeres a Seguir en la categoría de Ciencia
    La investigadora del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Julia de León, ha sido galardonada con el prestigioso Premio Mujeres a Seguir (MAS) 2024 en la categoría de Ciencia. La distinción reconoce su excepcional trayectoria, su impacto en la investigación Astrofísica y su papel como referente femenino en un sector estratégico. La ceremonia de la XII edición de los Premios Mujeres a Seguir se celebró este 30 de octubre en Madrid, reuniendo a personalidades de la política, la ciencia, la cultura y el deporte para rendir homenaje a mujeres que, con su talento y compromiso, están
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  • Javalambre Auxiliary Survey Telescope, at the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory (Teruel, Spain)
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    The ULL and the IAC have created one of the largest photometric catalogues of asteroids observed in Spain
    A team of scientists, including astrophysicist Carlos Hernández Monteagudo from the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC), has compiled one of the most comprehensive catalogues of small bodies in the Solar System, based on photometric observations made from Earth. The study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, compiles data on 6,579 asteroids, comets and irregular satellites, mainly from the main belt located between Mars and Jupiter, opening up new possibilities for studying their composition and rotation. The
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