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  • Artist's impression of the HD 114082 planetary system
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    IAC y ULL led the identification of the longest orbital period exoplanets among those transiting young stars
    An international collaboration of astronomers led by the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has identified two intriguing, humongous but light planets orbit ing HD 114082. This star is only 15 million years old, this is, much younger than the Sun (4.6 billion years old) , spin s 15 times faster , has 28% more mass , and is about one thousand degrees hotter and almost four times more luminous. Its planets receive about 200 times more light and heat than Jupiter. The study, which involved separating the faint planetary signal from the stellar one
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    Galaxy transformation across the cosmic web: The influence zone of filaments
    The Universe is not distributed uniformly. Galaxies are arranged in a gigantic cosmic web made of voids, filaments, and galaxy clusters. These filaments act as enormous “cosmic highways” through which matter and galaxies flow toward the densest regions of the Universe. Understanding how these structures influence galaxy evolution is one of the major goals of modern astrophysics. In this work, we analyzed hundreds of thousands of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to study how galaxy density changes around cosmic filaments in the nearby Universe. Our main goal was to determine
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    Constelación Islas Canarias recognised among the 100 best ideas of 2026
    Constelación Islas Canarias (CIC), a project involving the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Cabildo de Tenerife and Telespazio Ibérica, has been recognised in the 2026 edition of The 100 Best Ideas by Actualidad Económica, a supplement of El Mundo, in the Digitalisation category. This recognition places Constelación Islas Canarias among the year’s standout initiatives for its ability to connect space technology, Earth observation and territorial management from an applied perspective. In the publication, the project is included among the selected proposals for its innovative
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  • Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón, Valentín Martínez Pillet y Adal García Pueyo en la exposición “El Observatorio Observado”
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    El IAC inaugura la exposición “El Observatorio Observado”, realizada por el Taller de Artes Plásticas Giro-Arte
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ha inaugurado esta mañana la exposición “El Observatorio Observado”, una muestra artística realizada por el Taller de Artes Plásticas Giro-Arte, perteneciente a la Sociedad Insular para la Promoción de las Personas con Discapacidad (Sinpromi S.L.). El acto ha contado con la participación del director del IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet ; la responsable del equipo de caracterización atmosférica de los Observatorios de Canarias y promotora de esta iniciativa, Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón ; el consejero delegado de Sinpromi S.L., Adal García Pueyo ; la
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  • Carlos Colodro Conde y Juan Francisco Hernández Cabrera posan en el 4S Symposium durante la participación del IAC a través de IACTEC Espacio.
    The IAC presents IACTEC Space advances in in-orbit calibration and space imaging technologies at 4S Symposium
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), through its IACTEC Space department, took part in a new edition of the 4S Symposium (Small Satellites Systems and Services), one of Europe’s leading technical forums dedicated to small satellites, their applications and associated services. The meeting, held in Sardinia, brings together representatives from industry, academia and space agencies to address missions, advanced technologies and new applications in the field of small satellites. Under the slogan “Swarming the Skies, Soaring Beyond: from VLEO to Deep Space”, this year’s programme
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  • The International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories met this week in Bologna
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    The International Scientific Committee of the Canary Islands Observatories Meets in Bologna
    The International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories met this week in Bologna, Italy, to address the current status and future actions for the astronomical infrastructures managed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The CCI is the body established under the International Agreements that founded the Canary Islands Observatories. It ensures the effective participation of user institutions in decision-making regarding the use, maintenance, and improvement of these world-class scientific facilities. Project and Infrastructure Monitoring The meeting was
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