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La ministra de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Diana Morant, ha presidido esta mañana la reunión anual del Consejo Rector del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) en la Sede del IAC, en La Laguna, en la que ha anunciado que el físico solar Valentín Martínez Pillet será el próximo director de este organismo público de investigación. Los miembros del Consejo han agradecido a Rafael Rebolo la labor desarrollada durante sus 10 años al frente de la institución y han destacado su categoría profesional y su labor de gestión. Además de la ministra, a esta reunión también han asistidoAdvertised on
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The IAC researcher Susana Iglesias-Groth has discovered the existence of tryptophan, an amino acid essential for the formation of proteins and the develoment of living organisms, within a stellar system in the Perseus Cloud. She did this using data from the Spitzer Space Observatory. The results of this finding are published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Tryptophan is one of the 20 amino acids considered essential for the formation of proteins, which are key macromolecules for the development of life on Earth. This amino acid has many spectral features inAdvertised on
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Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international scientific team, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participates, has identified water vapour in the atmosphere of WASP-18 b, a massive extrasolar planet, a so-called hot Jupiter, with a temperature of around 2.700 °C. The result is published in the journal Nature. Exoplanet WASP-18 b is about 400 light-years from Earth, is 10 times more massive than Jupiter and has an orbital period of less than a day. Its extreme proximity to its star, its relative closeness to Earth, and its large massAdvertised on