"Gracias por enseñarnos a soñar estrellas"

- Prof. Francisco Sánchez 1936-2025 -

Book of condolences

Francisco Sánchez, director fundador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

News

  • John Beckman Emeritus Research Professor of the IAC
    John Beckman Emeritus Research Professor of the IAC is awarded the Prize for Research of the La Orotava Festival of Science
  • Participants at the meeting held at the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
    Spain, Slovakia and the Czech Republic take the Lead in Europe’s Next-Generation Solar Telescope
  • The EST team and the review panel during the live sessions of the Preliminary Design Review held at IACTEC (Tenerife) on October 21st–22nd, 2025.
    The European Solar Telescope (EST) passes successfully the preliminary design review of its buildings and Civil Works.
  • Didier Queloz during his lecture in the IAC Aula
    Nobel laureate Didier Queloz visits the IAC and outlines the ‘next frontier’ in the search for exoplanets
  • The founding director of the IAC, Francisco Sánchez (1936-2025)
    Francisco Sánchez, founding director of the IAC, passes away
  • Vegetation moisture maps taken by space camera based on uncooled InGaAs technology
    The IAC patents a key technology for improving the quality of space images

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    Administrativo/a - PS-2025-058
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para cubrir una plaza de personal laboral fijo acogido al Convenio colectivo del IAC por el sistema general de ingreso libre y que tendrá entre otras, las siguientes
  • Predocs
    TWO PREDOCTORAL CONTRACTS PhD CHRONOGAL 2025 PS-2025-076
    The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for Two PhD fellowships in Astrophysics in the framework of the European Research Council Advanced Grant project “ Chronology of our Galaxy from Gaia
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