An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), has observed a dramatic change in a supermassive black hole. Located about 10 billion light-years away, the object dimmed to roughly one-twentieth of its former brightness in just two decades — an extraordinarily short interval on cosmic timescales. The discovery was made within a collaborative observing framework linking Japan’s Subaru Telescope with the GTC in Spain’s Canary Islands at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, in La Palma

The International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories met this week in Bologna, Italy, to address the current status and future actions for the astronomical infrastructures managed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The CCI is the body established under the International Agreements that founded the Canary Islands Observatories. It ensures the effective participation of user institutions in decision-making regarding the use, maintenance, and improvement of these world-class scientific facilities. Project and Infrastructure Monitoring The meeting was

El Cabildo y el IAC fabricarán la primera constelación de satélites canaria para observar y proteger el Archipiélago desde el espacio