Massive collision in the planetary system Kepler 107
Two of the planets which are orbiting the star Kepler 107 could be the result of an impact similar to that which affected the Earth to produce the Moon. An...
Massive pulsating star provides clues to calibrate stellar evolution models
An international collaboration, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), determines with an unprecedented level of precision...
MATS CARLSSON: “In astrophysics we cannot perform experiments so we just have to extract information from the light the star emits”
Professor at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo (Norway) and director of the center of excellence "Rosseland Center for Solar...
Matter that shows when numbers do not work out and other unknowns
Overlaps at the Frontiers of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics at the XXXIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics The type of matter we are...
Meeting in La Palma of the International Scientific Committee of the Canary Islands Observatories
Members of the different institutions that make up the International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories met last Tuesday, 31 October...
Memories of the universe, half a century of astrophysical research
The 50 years of doctoral theses in the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) were summarized in the 20 talks which made up the two day conference which was...