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This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

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  • Composition of the meteor shower Perseidas 2014 on the Teide (Tenerife). Credit: Observation M. Serra-Ricart, processed J.C. Casado-starryearth, IAC.
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    Perseids 2018, a spectacle in the sky
    On the night of 12th to 13 of August, a moonless night, we will be able to see the maximum, of this meteor shower. The event will be broadcast live from the Teide Observatory (Izaña, Tenerife) and from El Anillo (Cáceres) via the sky-live.tv channel, on August 12th with the collaboration of the European project STARS4ALL and by “Extremadura Buenas Noches” an initiative of the Junta of Extremadura. In addition the citizen science project “Contadores de estrellas” (“Counters of Stars”) fimded by FECYT offers an observing proposal for the whole family.
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  • Kepler's Supernova remnant. Crédito: X-ray: NASA/CXC/NCSU/M.Burkey et al; Optical: DSS. Release date: March 18, 2013.
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    After the Kepler supernova explosion, no survivors were left behind
    A study involving a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), which has been led by a researcher at the Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC) and the Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos (UB-IEEC), argues that the explosion that Johannes Kepler observed in 1604 was caused by a merger of two stellar residues.
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  • Tanasú del Pino Alemán, investigador del IAC. Crédito: Tanasú del Pino Alemán.
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    A young IAC scientist wins a distinguished prize from the European Physical Society
    Tanausú del Pino Alemán, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been awarded the “ESPD Early Career Researcher Prize” for 2018 given by the European Physical Society to young researchers. This important recognition was awarded for his innovative contributions in the field of theoretical spectropolarimetry, a field of Physics which allows us to investigate the magnetism in the atmosphere of the Sun and of other stars by interpreting the polarization observed in the radiation of their spectral lines. Tanausú del Pino Alemán prepared his doctoral thesis in the
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  • Sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias en La Laguna. Crédito: IAC.
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    Anuncio del puesto de Subdirector del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) invita a la presentación de candidaturas al puesto de Subdirector del IAC. El puesto está abierto tanto a mujeres como a hombres. El IAC es un Consorcio Público Estatal compuesto por la Administración General del Estado, la ComunidadAutónoma de Canarias, la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) y el Consejo Superior de InvestigacionesCientíficas (CSIC). Los fines del Consorcio son: Realizar y promover cualquier tipo de investigación astrofísica o relacionada con ella, así como desarrollar y transferir su tecnología. Difundir los conocimientos
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