Especialistas abordarán el impacto de la iluminación artificial excesiva y sus efectos sobre la astronomía, la salud humana y la biodiversidad El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y SEO/BirdLife Canarias celebran la conferencia " Contaminación Lumínica: Una Amenaza Silenciosa", una jornada clave para la protección del medio ambiente y el patrimonio científico del archipiélago. La ponencia estará a cargo de Federico de la Paz, técnico del IAC, y Yarci Acosta de Seo/Birdlife, quien desgranará los graves riesgos que el uso ineficiente y descontrolado de la luz artificial supone para la
A delegation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), led by its Director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, is attending the Big Science Industry Forum Spain 2025 (BSIFS2025), the main national meeting dedicated to the Big Science Industry, on 3 and 4 December. The team is presenting the centre’s scientific and technological advances and strengthening strategic links with companies, technology centres and international scientific infrastructures. The IAC strengthens its presence at Spain’s largest Big Science Industry forum The Big Science Industry Forum Spain 2025, organised by CDTI
Astronomers have used telescopes around the world, includingthe Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, to study the asteroid 1998 KY26, revealing it to be almost three times smaller and spinning much faster than previously thought. The asteroid is the 2031 target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission. The new observations offer key information for the mission’s operations at the asteroid. “We found that the reality of the object is completely different from what it was previously described as,” says astronomer Toni Santana-Ros, a
