Topic: Astrophysics

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    The IAC hosts the second Solar MHD conference, an international meeting of experts in solar physics
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is hosting the second Solar MHD ( UKUS 7) conference this week. Following the successful first edition held in...
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    The IAC is leading a COST action of the European Union to study carbon nanostructures in space
    On November 1st the COST ( European Cooperation in Science and Technology) action called “NanoSpace: Molecular carbon nanostructures in space” coordinated by...
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    The IAC is participating in the DALI experiment, searching for the axion, proposed component of dark matter
    The detection of the axion would mark a key episode in the history of science. This hypothetical particle could resolve two fundamental problems of Modern...
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    The IAC organises the CLASP2.1 space mission scientific meeting
    From 18 to 20 October, scientists from the USA, Japan and Europe meet at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) to discuss the results of the third...
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    The IAC passes successfully the pre-optical revision of the instrument HARMONI
    The pre-optics for HARMONI, the optical and infrared spectrograph to be installed on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) at Cerro Armazones (Chile), has passed...
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    The IAC presents the video of the POLMAG project
    The IAC presents a public outreach video about the project “Polarized Radiation Diagnostics for Exploring the Magnetism of the Outer Solar Atmosphere” (POLMAG)...
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    The IAC's most international astronomical adventure comes to an end
    Last week the sixth edition of the summer course "Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands", coordinated by the IAC and NUCLIO, was held in virtual...
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    The IAC, re-elected to the Science Lab of Microsoft's Azure computer network
    A new project from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been chosed to be carried out in the Science Lab in the seventh edition of the Global...
  • Project
    The IACOB project: A new Era in the Study of Galactic OB Stars
    IACOB is an ambitious long-term project whose main scientific goal is to provide an unprecedented empirical overview of the main physical properties of Galactic...