"Gracias por enseñarnos a soñar estrellas"

- Prof. Francisco Sánchez 1936-2025 -

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Francisco Sánchez, director fundador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

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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.
    A single collision in 10 billion years could explain how dark matter is distributed within dwarf galaxies
  • GRANCAIN instrument installed on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan)
    GRANCAIN, the first instrument to use the GTC's adaptive optics, is integrated into the telescope
  • SO/PHI Science and Team Meetings
    The IAC hosts scientific meetings on Solar Orbiter's SO/PHI instrument
  • Canary Islands Diamond Award
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias receives the Canary Islands Diamond Award for Business and Economic Innovation
  • Big Science Industry Forum Spain 2025 BSIFS2025
    The IAC takes part in the Big Science Industry Forum Spain 2025
  • Members of the NAOC, LJMU and IAC attending the meeting about the NRT at the IAC headquarters
    The IAC hosts an international meeting to advance the design and construction of the New Robotic Telescope
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