A study published recently in Nature magazine, in which Ana Monreal-Ibero, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is a participant...
The first extensive catalogue of massive stars with low metallicity
A recent study, led by the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA) with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) presents the first...
The first hybrid edition of the International Summer School for Teachers at the IAC has concluded
Last week saw the ending of the eighth edition of the school “Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands” coordinated by the IAC and NUCLIO, with the...
The first images associated with a source of gravitational waves
The IAC has participated in the detection of the counterpart, in the visible, the infrared and X-rays, of the source of gravitational waves GW170817 (neutron...
A team of astronomers from the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL)...
Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias produce a new method to make a precise analysis of the speed of the density waves which propagate in...
The Governing Council of the IAC gives firm support to the building of the TMT on La Palma
This was stated by the acting Minister for Science, Innovation, and the Universities, Pedro Duque who chaired the annual meeting of the Governing Council of the...
The Gran Telescopio Canarias discovers the largest cluster of galaxies known in the early universe
A study, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and carried out with OSIRIS, an instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)...
The Gran Telescopio Canarias finds the farthest black hole that belongs to a rare family of galaxies
An international team of astronomers has identified one of the rarest known classes of gamma-ray emitting galaxies, called BL Lacertae, within the first 2...