The IAC organised six scientific meetings in the Canary Islands in 1998. Two international congresses, three Euroconferences and the III Scientific Meeting of...
Spiral-shaped winds in old stars reveal presence of a partner
Towards the end of their lives some 95% of stars evolve into red giants which lose their mass via a “stellar wind”. Eventually they end up as planetary nebulae...
Stars rich in phosphorus: seeds of life in the universe
The journal Nature Communications today is publishing the discovery of a new type of stars, very rich in phosphorus, which could help to explain the origin of...
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated in a study which has discovered a group of stars very poor in metals and shrouded in a high...
Telescopio EST: report on technical, financial and socio-economic aspect
This report is the result of an extensive analysis and data collectionon industrial and socio-economic aspects related to the constructionand operation of the...
Temperature inhomogeneities cause the abundance discrepancy in H II regions
H II regions are ionized nebulae associated with the formation of massive stars. They exhibit a wealth of emission lines in their spectra that form the basis...
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias hosts a panel debate about ways for economic and social growth, with Leif Edvinsson and Günter Koch, experts on...