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This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

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  • Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
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    The TTT telescope at the Teide Observatory detects the first periodic and wobbling jet in an interstellar comet
    The discovery, made in collaboration between the IAC Solar System Group and Light Bridges, reveals the rotation period of comet 3I/ATLAS The Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT) has made a pioneering discovery in astronomy: the first detection of a jet of gas and dust and its periodic modulation in an interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS. The study, published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, provides the first evidence of localised activity from an interstellar nucleus, offering unique insight into the nature of a celestial body that formed outside our Solar System. An extraordinarily normal
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  • Libros finalistas del Premio Cosmos
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    El Premio Cosmos anuncia las obras finalistas y refuerza su apuesta por la lectura científica entre la juventud canaria
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ha anunciado las obras finalistas del Premio Cosmos, en sus dos categorías principales: Premio Cosmos Estudiantes y Premio Cosmos, impulsando así un proyecto educativo internacional que llega por primera vez a España desde Canarias. Con el apoyo del Área STEAM de la Consejería de Educación del Gobierno de Canarias, el patrocinio de la Fundación CajaCanarias y la colaboración de la Real Academia de las Ciencias de Canarias (RACC), el Premio Cosmos tiene como objetivo acercar la ciencia contemporánea al aula, fomentar el pensamiento crítico e
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  • Artistic representation of the Cosmic Brain project, which adapts cosmological analysis techniques to neuroimaging
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    From studying the universe to neuroimaging: a cosmology technique allows us to “listen” to the structure of the human brain
    A multidisciplinary team of astrophysicists, neuroscientists, engineers, and musicians has unveiled a pioneering method to “listen” to the structure of the human brain. Published in Nature Scientific Reports , the study presents the first higher-order sonification applied to structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. This technique involves transforming three-dimensional information about the brain into sound, taking into account the spatial relationships and complex structure of the data. To do this, mathematical tools originally developed to study the large-scale structure of the
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  • EIB Advisory helps develop groundbreaking Thirty Meter Telescope project in La Palma
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    EIB Advisory helps develop groundbreaking Thirty Meter Telescope project in La Palma
    EIB Advisory will contribute to the project’s feasibility study. Comprehensive economic and financial planning advisory services will be provided to accelerate European leadership on the cutting edge of astronomy. This strategic investment will position Europe at the forefront of global astronomical research. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced InvestEU Advisory Hub-backed advisory support for the development of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the Spanish island of La Palma, a project that will place Europe at the forefront of global astronomical research. The initiative
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  • Cartel de ‘Ciencia con PETeR’
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    ‘Ciencia con PETeR’: estudiantes de Canarias investigarán el Sistema Solar y los exoplanetas con telescopios robóticos profesionales
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y el Área STEAM para el Fomento de las Vocaciones Científicas y la Creatividad de la Consejería de Educación, Formación Profesional, Actividad Física y Deportes del Gobierno de Canarias anuncian el lanzamiento de un ambicioso proyecto de innovación educativa, Ciencia con PETeR: Investigando el Sistema Solar y los exoplanetas con telescopios robóticos. Esta iniciativa, dirigida a centros de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato del archipiélago, convertirá a las aulas canarias en auténticos centros de investigación astronómica durante el
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  • Artistic impression of collisions between dark matter particles. One collision per particle every 10 billion years explains the distribution of dark matter in ultra-faint dwarf galaxies.
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    A single collision in 10 billion years could explain how dark matter is distributed within dwarf galaxies
    Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, among the tiniest and faintest galaxies known, may hold the key to understanding one of the Universe’s biggest mysteries: the true nature of dark matter. A new study reveals that even a single collision between dark matter particles every 10 billion years — roughly the age of the Universe — is enough to explain the dark matter cores observed in these small systems. These galaxies, which contain only a few thousand stars, are dominated by dark matter and have relatively simple evolutionary histories. That makes them ideal cosmic laboratories for testing theories
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