Winter Schools: Press Room 2011

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  • Artist’s illustration of the V1298 Tau planetary system / Astrobiology Center, NINS.
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    Astronomers find missing link to Galaxy's most common planets
    One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the size of Earth and Neptune within the orbit of Mercury — sizes and orbits absent from our solar system. These ‘ super-Earths' and ` sub-Neptunes’ are the galaxy's most common planets, but their formation has been shrouded in mystery. Now, an international team of astronomers has found a crucial missing link. By weighing four newborn planets in the V1298 Tau system, they've captured a rare snapshot of worlds in the process of transforming into the galaxy's most common
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  • Iniciativa internacional Equal Day
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    El IAC invita a los centros educativos a unirse al "Equal Day 2026" por la paz y la igualdad
    Por segundo año consecutivo, el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), en colaboración con el equipo de Coordinadores Nacionales de Educación de la Astronomía (NAEC) en España de la Oficina de Astronomía para la Educación (Unión Astronómica Internacional), se suma a la iniciativa internacional Equal Day. Este evento global, que se celebrará entre el 18 y el 23 de marzo de 2026, utiliza la astronomía como una herramienta para promover la paz, la equidad, la sostenibilidad y la empatía en todo el planeta. Consolidando un éxito internacional Tras una inspiradora primera edición en 2025 que
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  • Poster for the talk “Cosmology: the nightmare of contemporary Physics?”, featuring an image of Julio Navarro against a background of galaxies and event information: Friday 10 July, 17:00, Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos.
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    Cosmologist Julio Navarro to give a public talk on the major challenges of modern Physics
    The renowned researcher, invited by the IAC as part of the Fundación Occident Visiting Researchers programme, will analyse the unresolved questions that still surround the origin and evolution of the Universe. On 10 July, at 17:00, the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos will host the public lecture “Cosmology: the nightmare of contemporary Physics?”, delivered by the distinguished astronomer and cosmologist Julio Navarro, Professor at the University of Victoria, in Canada. The event forms part of his stay at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) within the Fundación Occident Visiting
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