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  • Edit-a-thon 11F
    The IAC and Wikimedia Spain promote an edit-a-thon to raise the profile of women in astronomy on Wikipedia
  • Antonia Varela / IAC
    Researcher Antonia Varela, recognised by Forbes as one of the most influential women in the Canary Islands
  • Sebastián Francisco Sánchez / IAC
    IAC collaborator Sebastián Francisco Sánchez, new director of the LVM project
  • MIT Astronomy Field Camp 2026
    MIT holds its astronomy camp at the Teide Observatory and shares its findings at the ULL
  • Main structure of the SELF Telescope, which serves as a technological prototype for the ExoLife Finder (ELF) Telescope.
    The construction of the SELF telescope progresses with the arrival of its main structure
  • Eva Villaver Sobrino / IAC
    Eva Villaver, deputy director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, joins the top scientific advisory body of the European Space Agency
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