Dr. Laurent Loinard from the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM Campus Morelia received the 2023 Scientific Research Award, given by Mexican Society of Physics (Sociedad Mexicana de Física, SMF).

Dr. Laurent Loinard from the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM Campus Morelia received the 2023 State Science Award in the State Researcher subcategory, awarded by the Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (ICTI) of the State of Michoacán.

  •  The next solar eclipse will be on October 14, 2023. It will be annular in areas of the Yucatan Peninsula and partial in the rest of the country, including Michoacán.
  • There will be several observation sites in the state. In Morelia there will be venues at the UNAM Campus Morelia, UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia and Planetarium of Morelia “Lic. Felipe Rivera”

The Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM Campus Morelia was host to an NRAO Community Days event on September 28 and 29, 2023, organized by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC). This community event followed the first Me xican meeting in route to the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). 

The Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM Campus Morelia host this week 110 Mexican astronomers, in the first Mexican meeting in route to the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).