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Matilde Gaete, a UC Chile engineering student, participates in a flight simulator as part of her aerospace training.

UC Chile Student Aspires to Become the First Chilean Female Astronaut

Matilde Gaete, a UC Chile student was selected for prestigious astronaut training at the International Academy of Astronautics, Florida, USA.

Image of the supercomputer installed at the UC Institute of Astrophysics.

New Supercomputer Bolsters Chile's Astronomical Observation Capabilities

Funded by the Center of Excellence in Astrophysics and Associated Technologies (CATA, as per its Spanish acronym) and installed at the UC Institute of…

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How Were Galaxies Formed?

UC Institute of Astrophysics researchers are participating in the LAGER project, an international initiative aimed at discovering the origins of galaxies.

Technology transfer and links within the industry will be the focus during the second phase of the Center for Excellence in Astrophysics and Associated Technologies. (Photo: CATA)

Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies, the future of Astronomic Science

The main objective of the Center for Excellence in Astrophysics and Associated Technologies is to make the most of the new telescopes that have been built and…

Picture of a computational model of the antennas in the desert.

CTA-South Observatory: At the Frontier between Astronomy and Physics

The new CTA-South Observatory will be located in the middle of the Atacama Desert. It will be the first window to the high-energy universe installed in Chile…

Golden Webinars poster

Golden Webinars: The astrophysics revolution on YouTube

An initiative that began to exchange ideas with other scientists has become a world astrophysics event. It is an opportunity to learn for free about the…

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Why solar eclipses are important to science?

Araucanía will be the scenery of one of the most captivating Astronomy events: an eclipse. For two minutes, the sky will darken completely, revealing only a…

a man and woman are silhouetted in front of a solar eclipse

Astronomer Jay M. Pasachoff explains everything about eclipses in the next Golden Webinar.

Astronomer Jay M. Pasachoff is uniquely positioned to share recent scientific work related to eclipses, international coordination of observations, and plans.

Galaxy - Credit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team STSci/AURA

Golden Webinars in Astrophysics series continues presenting ground-breaking ideas!

The 'Golden Webinars in Astrophysics' series brings you forefront research from scientists, who have significantly contributed to astronomy, astrophysics, and…

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Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS): Astronomy in the Big Data Era

The Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS) was selected in the project contest for institutes and millennium nuclei 2012, and is jointly developed by the…