I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night

Sarah Williams

Milky way

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  • IAC Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias EAS2026
    The IAC presents its latest scientific advances at Europe’s leading astronomy meeting
  • Ocean of Stars: The faint, glowing clouds spread across this image are galactic cirrus: clouds of interstellar gas and dust that can be seen in the foreground of the Milky Way
    The IAC is taking part in the launch of the largest dynamic mapping project of the Universe
  • Eduardo L. Martín Guerrero de Escalante en el exterior de la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
    The IAC obtains an ERC grant to apply artificial intelligence to the study of substellar objects
  • Stacked GTC OSIRIS+ image of And XXXVI. And XXVI is clearly evident in-between two bright foreground stars. In the inset we show a negative colour zoom-in on And XXVI.
    The Gran Telescopio Canarias has contributed to the discovery of one of the faintest dwarf galaxies orbiting Andromeda
  • The solar corona during an eclipse in Novosibirsk (Russia)
    The Solar Corona: The Mystery Unveiled by Eclipses
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    IAC POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Astroparticles-MAGIC 2026
    The IAC (Tenerife) invites applications for ONE postdoctoral contract to work on the project linked to the line of research “ Particle Astrophysics”. The contract is funded by the project “IAC-MAGIC
  • Permanent (open to public)
    Cinco Contratos-Administrativos/as_Fijo Laboral PS-2026-028
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para cubrir cinco plazas de personal laboral fijo acogido a Convenio colectivo del IAC por el sistema general de ingreso libre y que tendrá, entre otras, las siguientes
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