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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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  • Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres Rodríguez en el centro en el momento del acto / Ayuntamiento Santiago del Teide
    La investigadora del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres Rodríguez, fue galardonada, el pasado domingo, 8 de marzo, con el Premio “Doña Concepción García Suárez” en la categoría “Mujer en Investigación” . El premio le fue concedido por el Ayuntamiento de Santiago del Teide en el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer como reconocimiento a su lucha por la igualdad real entre hombres y mujeres. Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres es doctora en Física por la Universidad de la Laguna (ULL) y su principal línea de investigación es la Arqueología Extragaláctica, que
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  • Diagram of the Sun's interior showing the tachocline, the transition layer where much of its magnetic activity originates
    An international team composed of Drs. Sylvain G. Korzennik, from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian , and Antonio Eff-Darwich Peña, from the University of La Laguna and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has published a pioneering study aimed at improving our understanding of the Sun’s internal structure. The work, published in The Astrophysical Journal , stands out for its use of exceptionally long helioseismic time series, exceeding twenty-five years of continuous observations, to analyze the deepest layers of the Sun. Helioseismology is the study of patterns of
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    In the standard Lambda cold dark matter (Lambda-CDM) cosmology, galaxies grow by gradually accreting material and through mergers with other galaxies. This scenario successfully explains many large-scale cosmic structures, yet it struggles to account for the existence of numerous massive spiral galaxies in the local Universe that lack a prominent central bulge, pure disc systems, in the local Universe. Understanding how these galaxies form and survive is also essential for placing our own Galaxy, the Milky Way, into context, as it also hosts a low-mass bulge. In this study, we analyse 22
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  • Momento de la entrega de premios en FLL Canarias / PCTT
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) consolida su colaboración con FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Canarias 2026 , el mayor torneo de robótica del Archipiélago y una cita anual imprescindible para equipos locales de estudiantes que se aproximan de este manera a la ciencia y a la tecnología. La final canaria tuvo lugar en el Aulario César Manrique de la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), patrocinador principal junto al Cabildo insular , el Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Tenerife (PCTT), Volcano Teide y la asociación Soy Ingenier@. Al torneo asistieron 800 jóvenes talentos STEAM ( Science
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  • Participants in the EDUCADO Training School on Astro–AI and Machine Learning
    From 2–6 March 2026, Ghent University will host a landmark event at the intersection of astrophysics and artificial intelligence. Jointly organized by the EDUCADO , MWGaiaDN , and alongside a third partnering TALES , all MSCA Doctoral Networks. The EDUCADO Training School on Astro–AI and Machine Learning will bring together leading experts and early-career researchers to tackle the data challenges of modern science. The five-day programme offers a blend of expert-led lectures and hands-on training sessions. The curriculum focuses on high-impact fields, including artificial intelligence
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  • Dark matter halos in the Uchuu simulation
    A team of cosmologists from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) has obtained the most accurate census to date of the dark matter halos of the Universe. The work is based on the development of a new model, called GPS+, capable of predicting how many dark matter halos exist at each stage of cosmic history. In the universe, there are enormous invisible structures surrounding galaxies and galaxy clusters. These are dark matter halos, concentrations of matter that do not emit light and cannot be directly observed, but
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