The headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and its technological headquarters, IACTEC, open their doors to the public at their Open Days as part of Open Government Week 2025. This initiative, promoted by the Open Government Partnership worldwide, seeks to bring public administrations closer to citizens and promote the values of transparency, integrity, participation and accountability. The event at the IAC headquarters will take place on Monday 19 May, while the IACTEC will open its doors on Tuesday 20 May. Both days will be held in person, with two visiting hours
El Museo de Ciencia y el Cosmos (MCC), perteneciente al Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros (OAMC), se convierte este mes en el escenario de una experiencia astronómica accesible. El próximo jueves 26 de febrero a las 17:00 horas, el doctor Enrique Pérez Montero impartirá la conferencia " Los sonidos de las estrellas", una propuesta que rompe con la tradición visual de la astronomía para acercar el cosmos a través del oído. La charla forma parte de la colaboración entre el MCC y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) dentro del proyecto Estallidos 8 , liderado por los
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
