GaiaUB
@gaiaub.bsky.social
Gaia group @ Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Dpt FQA, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICC), Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) https://gaia.ub.edu/ Gaia is an astrometric mission of the European Space Agency https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia
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👏Congratulations Dr. Bernet!
His thesis focused on the evolution and dynamics of the Milky Way thanks to the data of @esa.int #Gaia mission, and it was done under the supervision of researchers Teresa Antoja and Pau Ramos!
His thesis focused on the evolution and dynamics of the Milky Way thanks to the data of @esa.int #Gaia mission, and it was done under the supervision of researchers Teresa Antoja and Pau Ramos!
Today, Marcel Bernet from our group is defending his viva "Data-driven diagnosis of the Milky Way disk dynamics" at the @ub.edu @icc-ub.bsky.social @ieec.cat Congratulations!!!!
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today, Marcel Bernet from our group is defending his viva "Data-driven diagnosis of the Milky Way disk dynamics" at the @ub.edu @icc-ub.bsky.social @ieec.cat Congratulations!!!!
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today, Marcel Bernet from our group is defending his viva "Data-driven diagnosis of the Milky Way disk dynamics" at the @ub.edu @icc-ub.bsky.social @ieec.cat Congratulations!!!!
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🔵20 #ICCUB researchers among the world's most cited scientists in the Stanford Ranking!
👉These physicists are among the top 2% most influential based on their number of citations, h-index and other key indicators📈
🏆Thank you for helping to push forward excellence in our research!
🔗 bit.ly/47uNRvS
👉These physicists are among the top 2% most influential based on their number of citations, h-index and other key indicators📈
🏆Thank you for helping to push forward excellence in our research!
🔗 bit.ly/47uNRvS
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🔵20 #ICCUB researchers among the world's most cited scientists in the Stanford Ranking!
👉These physicists are among the top 2% most influential based on their number of citations, h-index and other key indicators📈
🏆Thank you for helping to push forward excellence in our research!
🔗 bit.ly/47uNRvS
👉These physicists are among the top 2% most influential based on their number of citations, h-index and other key indicators📈
🏆Thank you for helping to push forward excellence in our research!
🔗 bit.ly/47uNRvS
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Euclid Flagship 2 Update
The largest ever synthetic galaxy catalogue is now public; a team of 8 institutions within the Euclid Consortium, led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC)in Barcelona have developed this `mock' catalogue, which includes…
The largest ever synthetic galaxy catalogue is now public; a team of 8 institutions within the Euclid Consortium, led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC)in Barcelona have developed this `mock' catalogue, which includes…
Euclid Flagship 2 Update
The largest ever synthetic galaxy catalogue is now public; a team of 8 institutions within the Euclid Consortium, led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC)in Barcelona have developed this `mock' catalogue, which includes 3.4 billion galaxies with 400 modelled properties available for the scientific community.
telescoper.blog
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Euclid Flagship 2 Update
The largest ever synthetic galaxy catalogue is now public; a team of 8 institutions within the Euclid Consortium, led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC)in Barcelona have developed this `mock' catalogue, which includes…
The largest ever synthetic galaxy catalogue is now public; a team of 8 institutions within the Euclid Consortium, led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC)in Barcelona have developed this `mock' catalogue, which includes…
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I think that this is a *huge* result for galactic dynamics & stellar streams - the fact that our galaxy's disk is probably full of *thousands* of these streams is amazing! Far more are detectable than previously thought - thanks to Sebastian's algorithm, SigMA.
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
Toward the fabric of the Milky Way I. The density of disk streams from a local $250^3$ pc$^3$ volume
We studied 12 disk streams found in a 250$^3$ pc$^3$ volume in the solar neighborhood, which we define as coeval and comoving stellar structures with aspect ratios greater than 3:1. Using \emph{Gaia} ...
arxiv.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I think that this is a *huge* result for galactic dynamics & stellar streams - the fact that our galaxy's disk is probably full of *thousands* of these streams is amazing! Far more are detectable than previously thought - thanks to Sebastian's algorithm, SigMA.
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
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Gargantuan Gaia review by Michael Perryman
"271 pages, 126 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Reports"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10883
"271 pages, 126 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Reports"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10883
September 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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On the 🔭🧪 postdoc job market? Excited about science with Rubin and big surveys? Come join us at DiRAC. I’m so excited that we’re able to offer a few of these Fellowship positions this year!
Please share, LMK if you have Q’s!
aas.org/jobregister/...
Please share, LMK if you have Q’s!
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral Scholar - Institute for Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics & Cosmology | American Astronomical Society
We invite applications for the 2026 DiRAC Fellowship in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington. These up to 3-year full time postdoctoral positions are available to promising earl...
aas.org
September 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
On the 🔭🧪 postdoc job market? Excited about science with Rubin and big surveys? Come join us at DiRAC. I’m so excited that we’re able to offer a few of these Fellowship positions this year!
Please share, LMK if you have Q’s!
aas.org/jobregister/...
Please share, LMK if you have Q’s!
aas.org/jobregister/...
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☄️Hayabusa2 mission just got more exciting!
💫New observations led by @ua.es #ICCUB’s Toni Santana-Ros reveal asteroid 1998 KY26 is just 11m wide and spins every 5 min!
This poses a challenge for the mission, which will attempt a brief ‘kiss’ manoeuvre in 2031 to collect data
💫New observations led by @ua.es #ICCUB’s Toni Santana-Ros reveal asteroid 1998 KY26 is just 11m wide and spins every 5 min!
This poses a challenge for the mission, which will attempt a brief ‘kiss’ manoeuvre in 2031 to collect data
Can spacecraft Hayabusa2 touchdown? New study reveals space mission’s target asteroid is tinier and faster than thought. | ICCUB
New observations reveal asteroid 1998 KY26 is just 11 metres wide and spins every 5 minutes, posing new challenges for Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission in 2031, when the spacecraft will attempt a delicate ‘kiss’ manoeuvre, briefly touching the asteroid’s surface to collect data without landing.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Eduard Masana and Hector Linares from our group have produced the first global map of Light Pollution in Catalunya @ieec.cat @icc-ub.bsky.social govern.cat/salapremsa/n...
Primer mapa global de la contaminació lumínica a Catalunya desenvolupat mitjançant modelització avançada
govern.cat
July 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Eduard Masana and Hector Linares from our group have produced the first global map of Light Pollution in Catalunya @ieec.cat @icc-ub.bsky.social govern.cat/salapremsa/n...
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Do you remember the global #map of light #pollution in Catalonia developed using advanced #modelling? 🌃
Today we introduce the #IEEC – @icc-ub.bsky.social group on Light pollution, who make projects like this possible.
Check it out!
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/project/7...
Today we introduce the #IEEC – @icc-ub.bsky.social group on Light pollution, who make projects like this possible.
Check it out!
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/project/7...
July 31, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Do you remember the global #map of light #pollution in Catalonia developed using advanced #modelling? 🌃
Today we introduce the #IEEC – @icc-ub.bsky.social group on Light pollution, who make projects like this possible.
Check it out!
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/project/7...
Today we introduce the #IEEC – @icc-ub.bsky.social group on Light pollution, who make projects like this possible.
Check it out!
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/project/7...
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🔵On 12 August 2026, Catalonia will see its first total solar eclipse in over 100 years!
🕶️✨Use 12 August 2025 to check your sunset view and get eclipse-ready
💪The #ICCUB is proud to be part of the scientific outreach efforts, alongside @ieec.cat and other leading institutions
🕶️✨Use 12 August 2025 to check your sunset view and get eclipse-ready
💪The #ICCUB is proud to be part of the scientific outreach efforts, alongside @ieec.cat and other leading institutions
The countdown begins for the total solar eclipse of 2026 in Catalonia | ICCUB
On 12 August 2026, Catalonia will experience a total solar eclipse, a phenomenon not seen in the country since 1905! This coming 12 August is a perfect time to check whether the future eclipse will be visible from your location: if there are no obstacles blocking your view of the sunset, it is a goo...
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August 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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bluesky hive mind: is this unhinged conference poster design actually any good?
I really want to make something eye-catching that's not just the normal black-text-on-white-background, so I turned the entire background into the main figure
still needs layout, text, & figure work, but basic concept:
I really want to make something eye-catching that's not just the normal black-text-on-white-background, so I turned the entire background into the main figure
still needs layout, text, & figure work, but basic concept:
September 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
bluesky hive mind: is this unhinged conference poster design actually any good?
I really want to make something eye-catching that's not just the normal black-text-on-white-background, so I turned the entire background into the main figure
still needs layout, text, & figure work, but basic concept:
I really want to make something eye-catching that's not just the normal black-text-on-white-background, so I turned the entire background into the main figure
still needs layout, text, & figure work, but basic concept:
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HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: I’ve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old po…
ketanjoshi.co
August 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
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🔭 The Meteor and the Star Cluster
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25082...
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25082...
August 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 The Meteor and the Star Cluster
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25082...
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25082...
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Neutron stars mergers ripple spacetime - Start exploring universe with Award Winning Telescopes--> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/top-10-telescopes-telescopeadvisor-awards-2025 or beginners choice--> https://amzn.to/45dxlOF #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space
100 Fascinating Facts about Neutron Stars
100 Fascinating Facts about Neutron Stars
www.jameswebbdiscovery.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Neutron stars mergers ripple spacetime - Start exploring universe with Award Winning Telescopes--> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/top-10-telescopes-telescopeadvisor-awards-2025 or beginners choice--> https://amzn.to/45dxlOF #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space
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Uncover 100 facts on gravitational waves’ cosmic clues - Start exploring universe with Award Winning Telescopes--> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/top-10-telescopes-telescopeadvisor-awards-2025 or beginners choice--> https://amzn.to/45dxlOF #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space
100 Fascinating Facts about Gravitational Waves
100 Fascinating Facts about Gravitational Waves
www.jameswebbdiscovery.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Uncover 100 facts on gravitational waves’ cosmic clues - Start exploring universe with Award Winning Telescopes--> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/top-10-telescopes-telescopeadvisor-awards-2025 or beginners choice--> https://amzn.to/45dxlOF #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space
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🔵 ICCNews | 🌐Researchers have developed the first Global map of light pollution in Catalonia!🔦
🌘This new model, designed by ="/hashtag/ICCUB-@ieec.cat%C2%A0researcher" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ICCUB-@ieec.cat researcher Eduard Masana, will help assess the impact of specific policies to the quality of the night sky✨
🌘This new model, designed by ="/hashtag/ICCUB-@ieec.cat%C2%A0researcher" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ICCUB-@ieec.cat researcher Eduard Masana, will help assess the impact of specific policies to the quality of the night sky✨
First global map of light pollution in Catalonia developed using advanced modeling | ICCUB
The predictive model, developed by ICCUB-IEEC researcher Eduard Masana and based on supercomputing, enables the assessment of night sky brightness across the territory and opens the door to improved planning and environmental and energy management of outdoor lighting.
bit.ly
July 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🔵 ICCNews | 🌐Researchers have developed the first Global map of light pollution in Catalonia!🔦
🌘This new model, designed by ="/hashtag/ICCUB-@ieec.cat%C2%A0researcher" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ICCUB-@ieec.cat researcher Eduard Masana, will help assess the impact of specific policies to the quality of the night sky✨
🌘This new model, designed by ="/hashtag/ICCUB-@ieec.cat%C2%A0researcher" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ICCUB-@ieec.cat researcher Eduard Masana, will help assess the impact of specific policies to the quality of the night sky✨
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First global #map of light #pollution in Catalonia using advanced modelling! 🌃
The #IEEC has developed the tool in collaboration with the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia, with support from @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/first-glo...
The #IEEC has developed the tool in collaboration with the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia, with support from @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/first-glo...
July 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
First global #map of light #pollution in Catalonia using advanced modelling! 🌃
The #IEEC has developed the tool in collaboration with the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia, with support from @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/first-glo...
The #IEEC has developed the tool in collaboration with the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia, with support from @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/en/first-glo...
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Primer #mapa global de la #contaminació lumínica a Catalunya amb modelització avançada! 🌃
L' #IEEC ha preparat aquesta eina amb el Departament de Territori, Habitatge i Transició Ecològica de la Generalitat de Catalunya, i amb el suport de l' @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/primer-mapa-...
L' #IEEC ha preparat aquesta eina amb el Departament de Territori, Habitatge i Transició Ecològica de la Generalitat de Catalunya, i amb el suport de l' @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/primer-mapa-...
July 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Primer #mapa global de la #contaminació lumínica a Catalunya amb modelització avançada! 🌃
L' #IEEC ha preparat aquesta eina amb el Departament de Territori, Habitatge i Transició Ecològica de la Generalitat de Catalunya, i amb el suport de l' @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/primer-mapa-...
L' #IEEC ha preparat aquesta eina amb el Departament de Territori, Habitatge i Transició Ecològica de la Generalitat de Catalunya, i amb el suport de l' @icc-ub.bsky.social
👉 www.ieec.cat/primer-mapa-...
Eduard Masana and Hector Linares from our group have produced the first global map of Light Pollution in Catalunya @ieec.cat @icc-ub.bsky.social govern.cat/salapremsa/n...
Primer mapa global de la contaminació lumínica a Catalunya desenvolupat mitjançant modelització avançada
govern.cat
July 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Eduard Masana and Hector Linares from our group have produced the first global map of Light Pollution in Catalunya @ieec.cat @icc-ub.bsky.social govern.cat/salapremsa/n...
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WLM dwarf irregular in Webb focus - UNLOCK Secrets of the Universe from your backyard! --> https://amzn.to/4jmO4or Rubin Observatory Unveils First Images--> https://bit.ly/469UbZp #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space
Webb image shows Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte a dwarf galaxy full of stars
Webb image shows Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte a dwarf galaxy full of stars
www.jameswebbdiscovery.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
WLM dwarf irregular in Webb focus - UNLOCK Secrets of the Universe from your backyard! --> https://amzn.to/4jmO4or Rubin Observatory Unveils First Images--> https://bit.ly/469UbZp #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space
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✨La Real Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona ha inaugurat l’ #EspaiCatalà a l'Observatori Fabra, una exposició dedicada a l’astrònoma pionera Assumpció Català amb la col·laboració de @ub.edu i #FECYT
🔭Forma part de l’ #AnyAssumpcióCatalà, impulsat per #InstitutCatalàDones♀️
🔗 bit.ly/45VCSeQ
🔭Forma part de l’ #AnyAssumpcióCatalà, impulsat per #InstitutCatalàDones♀️
🔗 bit.ly/45VCSeQ
July 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
✨La Real Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona ha inaugurat l’ #EspaiCatalà a l'Observatori Fabra, una exposició dedicada a l’astrònoma pionera Assumpció Català amb la col·laboració de @ub.edu i #FECYT
🔭Forma part de l’ #AnyAssumpcióCatalà, impulsat per #InstitutCatalàDones♀️
🔗 bit.ly/45VCSeQ
🔭Forma part de l’ #AnyAssumpcióCatalà, impulsat per #InstitutCatalàDones♀️
🔗 bit.ly/45VCSeQ
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🚨 Un equip internacional d'astrònoms ha descobert el tercer objecte interestel·lar!
🔭 3I/ATLAS, detectat amb la participació de Toni Santana-Ros ( #ICCUB-#UA), és gran, actiu i serà visible durant mesos!
🌌 Una oportunitat única per estudiar un missatger d’un altre sistema estel·lar
bit.ly/400vGua
🔭 3I/ATLAS, detectat amb la participació de Toni Santana-Ros ( #ICCUB-#UA), és gran, actiu i serà visible durant mesos!
🌌 Una oportunitat única per estudiar un missatger d’un altre sistema estel·lar
bit.ly/400vGua
July 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🚨 Un equip internacional d'astrònoms ha descobert el tercer objecte interestel·lar!
🔭 3I/ATLAS, detectat amb la participació de Toni Santana-Ros ( #ICCUB-#UA), és gran, actiu i serà visible durant mesos!
🌌 Una oportunitat única per estudiar un missatger d’un altre sistema estel·lar
bit.ly/400vGua
🔭 3I/ATLAS, detectat amb la participació de Toni Santana-Ros ( #ICCUB-#UA), és gran, actiu i serà visible durant mesos!
🌌 Una oportunitat única per estudiar un missatger d’un altre sistema estel·lar
bit.ly/400vGua
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💫Cesca Figueras i Trinitat Cadefau ens presenten l’exposició sobre Assumpció Català amb el seu llegat #científic
🖼️Estarà disponible al #ParcAstronòmicMontsec i per itinerar a escoles, centres cívic i biblioteques
+info i reserves👉🏼 dones.gencat.cat/ca/ambits/ac...
🖼️Estarà disponible al #ParcAstronòmicMontsec i per itinerar a escoles, centres cívic i biblioteques
+info i reserves👉🏼 dones.gencat.cat/ca/ambits/ac...
July 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
💫Cesca Figueras i Trinitat Cadefau ens presenten l’exposició sobre Assumpció Català amb el seu llegat #científic
🖼️Estarà disponible al #ParcAstronòmicMontsec i per itinerar a escoles, centres cívic i biblioteques
+info i reserves👉🏼 dones.gencat.cat/ca/ambits/ac...
🖼️Estarà disponible al #ParcAstronòmicMontsec i per itinerar a escoles, centres cívic i biblioteques
+info i reserves👉🏼 dones.gencat.cat/ca/ambits/ac...
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🔭Comença l’Acte Central de la Commemoració del Centenari d’ #AssumpcióCatalà, astrònoma catalana pionera!
✨ #TalDiaComAvui naixia la Dra. Català al 1925 a Barcelon, i avui ens trobem per celebrar el seu llegat
🤝🏼Organitzen #InstitutCatalàDones, #ParcAstronòmicMontsec, #FGC i @ub.edu - #ICCUB
✨ #TalDiaComAvui naixia la Dra. Català al 1925 a Barcelon, i avui ens trobem per celebrar el seu llegat
🤝🏼Organitzen #InstitutCatalàDones, #ParcAstronòmicMontsec, #FGC i @ub.edu - #ICCUB
July 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🔭Comença l’Acte Central de la Commemoració del Centenari d’ #AssumpcióCatalà, astrònoma catalana pionera!
✨ #TalDiaComAvui naixia la Dra. Català al 1925 a Barcelon, i avui ens trobem per celebrar el seu llegat
🤝🏼Organitzen #InstitutCatalàDones, #ParcAstronòmicMontsec, #FGC i @ub.edu - #ICCUB
✨ #TalDiaComAvui naixia la Dra. Català al 1925 a Barcelon, i avui ens trobem per celebrar el seu llegat
🤝🏼Organitzen #InstitutCatalàDones, #ParcAstronòmicMontsec, #FGC i @ub.edu - #ICCUB