La segunda edición del Curso de Verano Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands, organizado por el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), comenzó hoy con la primera de sus cuatro jornadas destinadas a la formación de profesorado de ciencia, tecnología y matemáticas. Una veintena de profesores y profesoras españoles y de otros países de la Unión Europea asisten estos días a conferencias y talleres prácticos sobre Astronomía, con el objetivo de proporcionarles nuevas herramientas para una educación científico-técnica más lúdica, más imaginativa y más estimulante para sus estudiantes. El

Yesterday, 14th July, the astrophysicist Juan Carlos Pérez Arencibia, the manager of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, in Garafía (La Palma), was named “Collaborating Member Elect” of the Canarian Royal Academy of Sciences during its meeting which took place at the Salazar Palace in Santa Cruz de La Palma. The act was introduced by the Full Academician in the Speciality of Earth and Space Sciences Teodoro Roca Cortés, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of La Laguna (ULL) and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The President of the Academy, José Manuel

An international team of scientists from the SDSS- III project, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC ) participates, has developed a three-dimensional map of more than one million galaxies to understand the mysterious properties of dark energy and its effects on the accelerating expansion of the Universe.

The discovery of this triple-bubble, made up of three supernova shells and observed by scientist of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), allows to understand the feedback processes in galaxy discs.

Unas 2.000 personas pudieron visitar varios telescopios, atender charlas divulgativas y realizar observaciones solares.

Observations taken with the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS allow us a better understanding of a new type of astronomical object which intrigues the scientists, who have only detected a few cases