The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, held in Tenerife, was formally brought to a close

The Institute has published, on average, a relevant new result every day

This astronomer discovered a stream of stars that now take her name, the Helmi Stream.

Now more than half way through its programme, the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science EWASS 2015 which is being held on the Guajara Campus of the University of La Laguna (Tenerife), is carrying on with its 40 parallel sessions in which the latest advances in astronomy are being presented. The evidence for one galaxy swallowing another, and the search for extraterrestrial life and among the themes which have been of interest in the past few hours, as well as the awarding of the prizes for young researchers, and one day´s sessions devoted to outreach activities. Messier 87 swallows

He is the coordinator of a session about the search for life on exoplanets EWASS 2015

For the past weeks telescopes all over the world have been pointed at V404 Cygni where a black hole is gobbling up the mass of its neighbouring star. The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) is leading the optical observations of this unique phenomenon.