La secretaria general de investigación del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Eva Ortega Paíno, ha presidido esta mañana la reunión del Consejo Rector del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) donde se ha propuesto por unanimidad a la astrofísica Eva Villaver Sobrino como subdirectora del centro. Esta decisión es inmediatamente trasladada a la Subsecretaría de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, para proponer que se adjudique en estos términos la correspondiente convocatoria de libre designación del puesto de Subdirectora del IAC. Además de la secretaria general, a esta

A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), collaborating with other international institutions, has managed to find new galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster. This was possible thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, which is a project of the space agencies of the United States (NASA), Europe (ESA) and Canada (CSA). Exploring the populations of galaxies, and discovering their physical properties in large scale structures helps astronomers to understand galaxy formation and how their assembly is determined by their environment. The “ Spiderweb” protocluster

The director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Professor Valentín Martínez Pillet, has been appointed Corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of Spain . This recognition recognizes his career and contributions to the scientific field. This follows the recent appointment of Antxón Alberdi Odriozola, current director of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia , who has also been elected Corresponding Academician of the same institution. With these new appointments, the presence of astronomers in the Royal Academy of Sciences