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AstrónomAs
The new exhibition ‘AstrónomAs’ focuses on women who have dedicated their nights and days to the study of astronomy.
Apps to introduce you to astronomy
Our app selection to introduce you to the world of astronomy are:
Here are the winners of the drawing contest “Draw your own Asteroid!” 2021
From the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) we are very pleased to announce the winners of the drawing contest “Draw your own Asteroid!” 2021.
Calendar of activities
Dark matter, the formation of galaxies, and gravitational lenses
The existence of dark matter in the Universe has been corroborated by a great diversity of observations.
Outreach talk "La Vía Láctea y sus encuentros con otras galaxias"
ICCUB-IEEC researcher Teresa Antoja will be next Friday, November 10, at the Museum of Science and Cosmos in Tenerife to talk about collisions between galaxies and galactic cannibalism.
Featured Materials
Gaia's memory game: Online version
Article: Endemic pandemics and global homes
Constellations in 3D
Science & Cinema with Xavi Luri
News
ICCUB’s PhD Student Mar Carretero could be the new lead of the CientifiKs en Joc videogame
Institute of Cosmos Sciences PhD Student, Mar Carretero, has been selected by the school La Forja of Alpens as the leading character of a videogame proposal that the school students will design and submit to the contest CientifiKs En Joc.
Gemma Busquet at the Escola Pia Balmes: “The Solar System”
The astrophysicist from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB), Gemma Busquet, went to the School Escola Pia Balmes in Barcelona to give the outreach talk “The Solar System” to the fifth-grade class.
Mercè Romero on the local newspaper l’Enllaç about the Catalan nanosatellite Enxaneta
Enriching and pleasant. This are the adjectives used by Anoia’s local newspaper l’Enllaç to describe the participation of the astrophysicist from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences, Mercè Romero, last Monday, October 25 at the Aula d’Extensió Universitària per a la Gent Gran de l’Anoia (AUGA).
ICCUB’s PhD student Toni Bertólez has won the ACCC award for scientific dissemination in Social Networks
The award ceremony is set in the context of the 30th anniversary of the ACCC (Associació Catalana de la Comunicació Científica). These awards are given to projects with a good impact, scientific rigour, gender perspective, innovation, linguistic inclusivity and educational purposes.