El Observatorio del Teide, del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), recibió este domingo la visitas de las recién nombradas doctoras Honoris Causa de la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), quienes pudieron conocer de primera mano cómo se trabaja en uno de los observatorios astrofísicos más importantes del mundo. La escritora Ken Bugul, la teórica de la comunicación Amparo Moreno Sardà y la historiadora de la ciencia Londa Schiebinger estuvieron acompañadas por altos cargos de la comunidad universitaria y fueron recibidas por el administrador del Observatorio del Teide, David López Nespral

This Saturday, 29 March 2025, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) was able to follow the partial solar eclipse from the Teide Observatory in Tenerife. Although subtle to the naked eye, this eclipse was used by the IAC's outreach team to raise awareness of the phenomenon among a group of people from the ‘Friends of the IAC’ programme and IAC staff. At the same time, an observation was also made from the IAC Headquarters in La Laguna, which could be seen live on the centre's YouTube channel. The eclipse began at 09:14 UT and ended at 10:56 UT, with its maximum at 10:03 UT. For just

This is the third “mini-Moon” with lunar-like material identified as part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, where objects follow similar orbits around the Sun to that of the Earth-Moon system. IAC, February 6, 2025. – Near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 orbits around the Sun following a trajectory very similar to that of the Earth-Moon system, and during two months of 2024, it accompained our Earth on its journey. This asteroid has material on its surface that was originated in the Moon, as it has been proved by a research led by the Insituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad