The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is designing and developing, as ordered by the Spanish company Thales Alenia Space , the adaptive optics which will be a parto f the ground station for the GARBO project, the first Spanish geostationary system for distributing quantum keys by satellite. This is a decisive step in the field of secure quantum communication on a large scale, and will strengthn the position of Spain, and of Europe at the Forefront of this technology. Within the framework of the project the IAC will lead the development of the adaptive optics systems, and will participate
Research carried out with the new WEAVE spectrograph, installed on the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma), and in whose construction the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, has found a mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The study was conducted by a European team led by astronomers at University College London (UCL) and Cardiff University, and includes researchers from the IAC. The cloud of iron atoms, described for the first time in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Por segundo año consecutivo, el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), en colaboración con el equipo de Coordinadores Nacionales de Educación de la Astronomía (NAEC) en España de la Oficina de Astronomía para la Educación (Unión Astronómica Internacional), se suma a la iniciativa internacional Equal Day. Este evento global, que se celebrará entre el 18 y el 23 de marzo de 2026, utiliza la astronomía como una herramienta para promover la paz, la equidad, la sostenibilidad y la empatía en todo el planeta. Consolidando un éxito internacional Tras una inspiradora primera edición en 2025 que
