Las Políticas de Igualdad en Ciencia han centrado la atención del tercer bloque del congreso, clausurado en el Hotel Nivaria, en La Laguna, con una mesa debate...
Rotation found in three galaxies satellites of the Milky Way
An international team of astrophysicists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Space Telescope Science...
Rough, dense with boulders and low albedo surface of Bennu revealed through images of NASA OSIRIS-REx mission
The first results on the analysis of the images of Bennu obtained using OCAMS, OVIRS, and OTES instruments on-board NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have been...
Saharawi children enjoyed a cosmic day in Tenerife
This Tuesday, a group of Saharawi schoolchildren from the "Holidays in Peace" program, accompanied by their host families from Tenerife and Fuerteventura, have...
SAMUEL TING: “If we find complete agreement with the theory, we don’t learn anything”
“I still remember the surface of the Moon seen from the Teide Observatory”. He will never forget the image: Sharp, close up, and brilliant. It was the first...
Santa Cruz de La Palma will once again host the mayor international meeting for the protection of the skies
The symposium of the International Astronomical Union will be held between 2 and 6 October at the Teatro Circo de Marte in the capital of La Palma. There will...
SARA SEAGER: “En 10 años tendremos la capacidad de encontrar vida en un exoplaneta”
Esta profesora, del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), lidera el desarrollo de una nueva generación de telescopios espaciales para la detección de...
Satellite galaxies can carry on forming stars when they pass close to their parent galaxies
Historically most scientists thought that once a satellite galaxy has passed close by its higher mass parent galaxy its star formation would stop because the...