The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is organising the 37th Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, which will take place in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife) from 16 to 27 November 2026. This edition will focus on the study of massive stars as tools for understanding processes ranging from star formation to gravitational wave events and core-collapse supernovae. The training programme is aimed at around 75 students on advanced master’s and doctoral programmes, as well as postdoctoral researchers in the early stages of their careers. Over the course of two weeks
Docentes y estudiantes de Tenerife han participado durante el curso en actividades orientadas al conocimiento de los observatorios de Canarias y de la investigación astrofísica. La iniciativa del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), desarrollada con el apoyo del Cabildo de Tenerife, ha formado a cerca de un centenar de docentes y ha llegado a más de 3.000 estudiantes. El programa celebrará el próximo 25 de junio una jornada de formación para profesorado centrada en la iniciación a la astrofotografía. La comunidad educativa de Tenerife ha concluido una nueva edición del proyecto “
One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the size of Earth and Neptune within the orbit of Mercury — sizes and orbits absent from our solar system. These ‘ super-Earths' and ` sub-Neptunes’ are the galaxy's most common planets, but their formation has been shrouded in mystery. Now, an international team of astronomers has found a crucial missing link. By weighing four newborn planets in the V1298 Tau system, they've captured a rare snapshot of worlds in the process of transforming into the galaxy's most common
