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The 10th International School Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands (AEACI 2024) began today, which will be held throughout the week at the IACTEC building in La Laguna (Tenerife), and is being attended by 65 teachers from 23 countries. This training course, organised by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) together with other scientific and educational institutions, is now in its tenth edition, training more than 600 teachers from all over the world in the teaching of astronomy. Under the theme "Explore the Universe with us", AEACI 2024 invites educators of allAdvertised on
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An international research team, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) shows that the satellite galaxy NGC 5195 has passed twice through the disc of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), in relatively recent times, stimulating star formation, and defining the structure of its arms. The research is published in the prestigious The Astrophysical Journal. The Whirlpool Galaxy M51, is a ”grand design” spiral galaxy: its spiral form is dominated by two well defined arms. Discovered by Charled Messier in 1771 M51 lies some 31 million light years from Earth, As it is face-onAdvertised on
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A pioneering study from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) which combines laboratory chemistry with astrophysics, has shown for the first time that grains of dust formed by carbon and hydrogen in a highly disordered state, known as HAC, can take part in the formation of fullerenes, carbon molecules which are of key importance for the development of life in the universe, and with potential applications in nanotechnology. The results are published as a Letter to the Editor in the prestigious journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Fullerenes are carbon molecules which are very bigAdvertised on