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  • Students visit the IAC stand at the Miniferia de la Ciencia y la Innovacion 2025 held on La Palma
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    The IAC turns students from La Palma into ‘astro-detectives’ during the Mini Science Fairs
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is once again participating in the Miniferias de la Ciencia y la Innovación en Canarias, reinforcing its commitment to popularising science and bringing astronomy closer to the Canarian public. Through its Scientific Communication and Culture Unit (UC3), the research centre is taking part in the activities organised in La Palma from 22 to 24 May. Become astro-detectives for a day Astrophysicists and popularisers Alfred Rosenberg and Alejandra Goded lead the activity ‘Astro-detectives: How do astrophysicists study the Universe?’, an interactive
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  • Carlos Blanco, director de estrategia de SENSIA en su visita al IAC junto al responsable de Instrumentación, Marcos Reyes; y el jefe de departamento de Óptica del IAC, José Luis Rasilla.
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    El IAC y SENSIA se alían para impulsar la vanguardia en tecnología infrarroja y sistemas espaciales
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias y la empresa tecnológica han firmado un protocolo general de actuación para el desarrollo conjunto de instrumentación avanzada en los rangos MWIR y LWIR . El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y la empresa de alta tecnología de imagen infrarroja SENSIA Solutions, S.L. (SENSIA) han formalizado este viernes, 20 de marzo de 2026, un Protocolo General de Actuación con el objetivo de establecer un marco estratégico de colaboración científica y tecnológica . La colaboración se ha formalizado con la firma de este protocolo por parte de Valentín
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  • Didier Queloz during his lecture in the IAC Aula
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    Nobel laureate Didier Queloz visits the IAC and outlines the ‘next frontier’ in the search for exoplanets
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) welcomed the visit of Professor Didier Queloz, Nobel Laureate in Physics and co-discoverer of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star. Professor Queloz's stay at the IAC has focused on instrumental development and technological collaboration. As part of his agenda, he also gave a lecture entitled ‘Exoplanets: the next frontier’ in the IAC Lecture Hall. The researcher visited the IAC to supervise the installation of a new high-stability spectrograph on the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma
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