The physicist Rainer (“Rai”) Weiss, Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has just passed away at the age of 92. Weiss’s family...
RAMÓN GARCÍA LÓPEZ: “La instalación del CTA en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos supondrá un gran impacto económico en La Palma”
Por Elena Mora (IAC) La red de telescopios CTA es Ciencia, pero no solo eso”, afirma Ramón García López, investigador principal de CTA ( Cherenkov Telescope...
Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in a relativistic jet
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) consist of a supermassive black hole fed by the circumnuclear material close to the galaxy center. Around 10% of the AGNs develop a...
Recommendations to Keep Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society. Summary
This report analyses all types of artificial interference that may have a negative impact on the visibility of the night sky and astronomical science. The...
This book is the result of more than a decade of archaeoastronomical research. Juan Antonio Belmonte is coordinator of the Archaeastronomy project at the IAC...
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Reglamento de gestión IATAE
Reglamento de gestión de la incubadora de Alta Tecnología en Astrofísica y Espacio (IATAE) de IACTEC. Establece el procedimiento para que los colaboradores...
World Scientific has published the book Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, edited by J. Buitrago, E. Mediavilla and A. Oscoz, which contains the...
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Relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
When matter falls into supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies, it unleashes enormous amounts of energy and is called active galactic nuclei (or AGN...
Representatives of the London School of Economics visit the IAC
Florian Lennert, Associate Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Frank Wenecke, founder of the German Company Dronemasters, have toured the...