The CCI (International Scientific Committee) of the “Observatorios de Canarias” held its 74th Meeting in the La Laguna University yesterday, Tuesday November 17 Press release 11/18/2015
Andrea Possenti: “All pulsars are neutron stars, but not all neutron stars appear like pulsars” Interview 11/17/2015
Exploring black holes with a clock Press release 11/12/2015
Tomaso Belloni: “X-rays, which are generated only in presence of very high energies, led to the discovery of the most extreme objects existing both inside and outside our galaxy” Interview 11/11/2015
Vik Dhillon: “HTRA is the study of how astronomical objects vary on fast timescales, where fast means milliseconds to seconds” Interview 11/09/2015
XXVII Canary Islands Winter School - High Time Resolution Astrophysics From 9th to 20th November in the Aula, the main conference room of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) headquarters, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, the IAC announc Press release 11/05/2015
The Canaries collaborate in following the Near Earth Object (NEO) 2015 TB145 Press release 10/29/2015
“We were lucky, we had a big detector called Superkamiokande and observed these neutrinos. We found that these neutrinos have very tiny masses”Interview with Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Prize for Physics Interview 10/29/2015
The Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) has had its Severo Ochoa Award as a Centre of Excellence renewed. Press release 10/27/2015
Tecnodía: compartiendo tecnología en el IAC Press release 10/23/2015
First showing of the video "PLANETARY SYSTEMS" Press release 10/23/2015
Kissing each other, two stars are heading for catastrophe Press release 10/21/2015
Estreno de la película “El Mundo Anillo. Viaje a un exoplaneta” en el Planetario CETA-CIEMAT Press release 10/16/2015
El IAC recibe el Premio “Empresa ejemplar en Prevención” del FREMAP Press release 10/15/2015
The JKT, a historic telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, reopens, this time under remote control operation Press release 10/15/2015
Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2015 participated in the stone-laying ceremony for the prototype telescope of the LST Press release 10/10/2015
Los 20 centros de investigación de Excelencia Severo Ochoa piden una “reforma urgente de las leyes que regulan la ciencia” Press release 10/09/2015
The 'casting' of Spanish Science News report 10/09/2015
Laying the first stone of the prototype of the LST (Large Size Telescope) Press release 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Juan Lerma: “Understanding the brain is one of the major challenges of modern science” Interview 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Pere Estupinyà: “The effects of poor popularization are not usually noticed” Interview 10/07/2015
Kenneth Chang, science journalist on the New York Times, says that science is interesting because there are still so many unanswered questions Press release 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Pampa García Molina: “The best way to fight pseudoscience is to inform without teaching” Interview 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Rosa M. Tristán: “There is an enormous amount of scientific illiteracy in Spain” Interview 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Patricia Fernández de Lis: "The Severo Ochoa award has given an impulse to excellence in science” Interview 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Javier Gregori: "The Severo Ochoa awards are the 'European Champions League' of science" Interview 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Pablo Jáuregui: "If science is narrated well, it can be exciting for all types of audiences" Interview 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Kenneth Chang: “Everyone wishes there were a magic formula for figuring out the best mix of applied science and pure science” Interview 10/07/2015
INTERVIEWS “100XCIENCIA" - Antonio Calvo Roy: “We won’t have a strong system of science until we have a robust communication system” Interview 10/07/2015
Mañana se inaugura en La Palma el Foro “100xCIENCIA” Press release 10/06/2015
El IAC y Santander Universidades invitan a 25 jóvenes periodistas científicos a ‘100xCIENCIA’ Press release 10/01/2015
How is a galaxy fed? Press release 10/01/2015
FOTONOTICIA: Eclipse total de superluna desde Canarias Press release 09/28/2015
Total eclipse of the supermoon Press release 09/24/2015
EE.UU. aprueba la construcción del experimento DESI que tratará de desvelar el misterio de la Energía Oscura Press release 09/21/2015
A new eye on the infrared sky Press release 09/18/2015
INAUGURADA EN LA PALMA LA EXPOSICIÓN "LUCES DEL UNIVERSO"FOTONOTICIA Press release 09/16/2015
“LIGHTS OF THE UNIVERSE” NOW IN LA PALMA Press release 09/10/2015
The Sun could have its magnetic axis and its rotation axis misaligned Press release 09/10/2015
Thousands of drawings by European children will travel into space on board “CHEOPS” Press release 09/09/2015
CLASP has a successful mission Press release 09/07/2015
“VOCES” VUELVE Press release 09/02/2015
SARA SEAGER: “En 10 años tendremos la capacidad de encontrar vida en un exoplaneta” Interview 09/02/2015
Últimas imágenes de Auroras Boreales desde IslandiaVIDEONOTICIA Press release 08/28/2015
CLASP, a pioneering project to study the magnetic field of the solar chromosphere. Press release 08/27/2015
Auroras Boreales en directo desde Islandia/Groenlandia, con GLORIA Press release 08/18/2015
Perseids 2015 Press release 08/10/2015
El nuevo alcalde de La Laguna visita el IACFOTONOTICIA Press release 07/31/2015
The IAC describes its lines of research in five videos Press release 07/31/2015
El presidente del Gobierno de Canarias visita el IACFOTONOTICIA Press release 07/29/2015
El Mundo Anillo. Viaje a un exoplaneta, próximamente en su sala favorita Press release 07/29/2015
El “Sloan” continúa su exploración del Universo Press release 07/23/2015
The CTA has chosen the island of La Palma for one of its two observing sites Press release 07/16/2015
Pluto, observed with the William Herschel Telescope Press release 07/13/2015
Astronomía, arquitectura y simbolismo en la necrópolis egipcia de Dahshur Press release 07/09/2015
The lacy filaments in the wings of a “butterfly” called NGC 2346 Press release 07/09/2015
Nuevo récord de visitas en las dos Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas del Observatorio del Teide Press release 07/06/2015
What´s the Matter with our Universe? Press release 07/02/2015
3rd and 4th July, Open Days at the Teide Observatory, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Press release 07/01/2015
The King presided over the commemoration ceremony for the 30th anniversary of the Canary Observatories Press release 06/29/2015
EWASS 2015, the largest astronomical conference ever held in Spain, and with a major presence of women Press release 06/26/2015
The Governing Council underlines the brilliant achievements of the IAC in the last 30 years Press release 06/26/2015
ENRIC PALLÉ. “We shouldn`t have any doubts that there is life in some other place in the universe” Interview 06/25/2015
Giant galaxies feeding, prizes for young researchers, and the search for extraterrestrial life Press release 06/25/2015
AMINA HELMI: Using the Milky Way and nearby galaxies we can learn about the distribution of dark matter in the universe" Interview 06/25/2015
A hungry black hole which wakes up every 25 years Press release 06/25/2015
“SCIENCE FROM SPACE” Press release 06/24/2015
MICHELA MAPELLI: "The centre of the Milky Way is one of the most studied, but nevertheless one of the most enigmantic places in the universe" Interview 06/24/2015
Looking for the best sky Press release 06/24/2015
MARÍA ROSA ZAPATERO-OSORIO: “Brown dwarfs can potentially have rocky planets like the Earth in their habitability zones” Interview 06/23/2015
<em>Gaia</em>, brown dwarfs, and exoplanets, outstanding topics of the second day of EWASS 2015 Press release 06/23/2015
CARME JORDI “Gaia has already covered the whole sky” Interview 06/23/2015
The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS 2015) inaugurated in Tenerife Press release 06/22/2015
LICIA VERDE: “We just ended the golden era of the Cosmic Microwave Background observation” Interview 06/22/2015
The King will inaugurate the QUIJOTE Experiment along with six robotic telescopes at Teide Observatory Press release 06/22/2015
INAUGURATION OF EWASS 2015, ON MONDAY Press release 06/19/2015
Special lectures in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos to accompany the EWASS 2015 meeting Press release 06/18/2015
The SolarLab outreach project ends, leaving a major impact on the educational community in the Canaries after two years of activity Press release 06/18/2015
Countdowns for the <em>Solar Orbiter</em> mission and the large EST telescope Press release 06/16/2015
Centres of Excellence in Research organize an international meeting between scientists and communicators Press release 06/11/2015
PASARELA SOBRE LA VÍA LÁCTEA Press release 06/09/2015
INAUGURATION OF THE EXHIBITION "LIGHTS OF THE UNIVERSE"PHOTO NEWS Press release 06/08/2015
“LIGHTS OF THE UNIVERSE” Press release 06/03/2015
Tenerife hosts the II International Conference on "Thermal Models in Planetary Science" Press release 06/02/2015
First Light for the new instrument HORS on the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) Press release 05/26/2015
The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science will bring together more than a thousand professional astronomers in Tenerife Press release 05/22/2015
COSMIC FASHIONFASHION SHOW Press release 05/08/2015
The Ambassador of France to Spain visited the IACPHOTO NEWS Press release 05/06/2015
A SUPER-JUPITER IN VIEW Press release 05/05/2015
La Red Española de Supercomputación incorpora cinco nuevos nodos Press release 04/29/2015
Research Centres and Universities in the Canaries organize an open debate on Twitter about R+D+I, with the collaboration of ACIISI Press release 04/15/2015
The Spanish Association for Scientific Industry is negotiating a cooperation agreement with the IAC Press release 04/13/2015
EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries Press release 04/10/2015
Five Near Earth Asteroids (NEA's) discovered with the Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma Press release 03/30/2015
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) has initiated negotiations with Spain for the possible siting of its northern hemisphere headquarters on the Island of La Palma Press release 03/26/2015
PHOTO NEWS: Tracking the solar eclipse of March 20 Press release 03/20/2015
Eclipse de Sol del día 20 de marzo de 2015 Press release 03/18/2015
Total eclipse of the sun: 20TH MARCH. GLORIA will transmit images in real time, from the Faroe Islands Press release 03/13/2015
The IAC performs a simulation of the formation and evolution of a cluster of galaxies using the supercomputer "Teide-HPC" Press release 03/12/2015
FOTONOTICIA: El alcalde de La Laguna visita el IAC Press release 03/10/2015
Tenerife contará con un centro puntero en instrumentación científica avanzadaNOTA DE PRENSA EMITIDA POR EL CABILDO DE TENERIFE Press release 03/09/2015
An orange beam that helps astronomersPHOTO NEWS Press release 03/05/2015
OUR IMPROBABLE UNIVERSE Press release 02/27/2015
International Conference on Multi-object Spectroscopy in La Palma Press release 02/26/2015
FOTONOTICIA: Representantes del Partido Popular de Canarias visitan el IAC Press release 02/23/2015
EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries Press release 02/23/2015
The US ambassador to Spain visits the IACPHOTO NEWS Press release 02/19/2015
JUPITER, a laboratory for studying exoplanets Press release 02/18/2015
El IAC firma el acuerdo Marco Estratégico Tenerife Violeta (METV) Press release 02/13/2015
“Do you dare to measure the velocity of light?” Press release 02/13/2015
First Light of a "Guide Star" Press release 02/11/2015
A Stellar Marriage Doomed to End in a Catastrophic Divorce Press release 02/09/2015
sigma Orionis, much more than a star Press release 01/27/2015
Novedades sobre el cometa Lovejoy Press release 01/22/2015
The ACIISI signs a collaboration agreement with the IAC and GRANTECAN with a value of 20 million euros Press release 01/16/2015
A different story News report 01/13/2015
Cometa Lovejoy desde Tenerife Press release 01/12/2015
The SDSS Project Opens a New Window to the Sky, on the Internet Press release 01/06/2015
The GALEX/S4G UV-IR color-color diagram: catching Spiral Galaxies away from the Blue Sequence. Research news 01/01/2015
Radial variations in the stellar initial mass function of early-type galaxies. Research news 01/01/2015
Are Tornado-Like Magnetic Structures Able To Support Solar Prominence Plasma? Research news 01/01/2015
Detection of second-generation asymptotic giant branch stars in metal-poor globular clusters Research news 01/01/2015
First EURONEAR NEA discoveries from La Palma using the INT. Research news 01/01/2015
Jupiter as an Exoplanet: UV to NIR Transmission Spectrum Reveals Hazes, a Na Layer, and Possibly Stratospheric H2O-ice Clouds. Research news 01/01/2015
Evidence of the Missing Baryons in the local Universe, around halos of bright galaxies Research news 01/01/2015
The double-degenerate, super-Chandrasekhar nucleus of the planetary nebula Henize 2–428. Research news 01/01/2015
Discovery of a young planetary mass companion to the nearby M dwarf VHS J125601.92-125723.9 Research news 01/01/2015
Supernovae and their expanding blast waves during the early evolution of Galactic globular clusters Research news 01/01/2015
First evidence of the possible detection of diffuse circumstellar bands Research news 01/01/2015
The stellar initial mass function at 0.9 < z < 1.5. Research news 01/01/2015
Chromospheric polarization in the photospheric solar oxygen infrared triplet. Research news 01/01/2015
A mysterious microquasar in M81 Research news 01/01/2015
Orbital and Physical Properties of the sigma Ori Aa, Ab, B Triple System. Research news 01/01/2015
Astronomy, Architecture and Symbolism: the global project of Sneferu at Dahshur. Research news 01/01/2015
Resolving an event-horizon-scale structure around the supermassive black hole of a lensed quasar Research news 01/01/2015
Height Variation of the vector magnetic field in solar spicules Research news 01/01/2015
Más de 40 empresarios del sector de I+D conocen en Madrid las oportunidades financieras y tecnológicas de la Astrofísica en Canarias Press release 12/03/2014
Observers find two stars so close together that they will end up by merging into one very massive star Press release 11/25/2014
PHIL GREGORY: “If life on other planets has evolved in the same way as life on Earth, it is more likely that we will find dinosaurs than intelligent life” Interview 11/14/2014
JEAN-LUC STARCK: “If you don´t process it beforehand, you will never have an image of the Universe” Interview 11/14/2014
ROBERTO TROTTA: “Our understanding of the Universe does not depend on the data, but on our ability to understand them” Interview 11/13/2014
DUSTIN LANG: “In astrophysics we pay attention to the small details” Interview 11/12/2014
The GLORIA project allows internauts to use thirteen robotic telescopes distributed on three continents Press release 11/10/2014
Puppet Theatre in the Museum: “Do puppets dream of the Universe?” Press release 11/10/2014
How to make sensible electoral predictions Press release 11/10/2014
JOSÉ MIGUEL BERNARDO: “Traditional statistical methods are inefficient for the problems of modern science” Interview 11/07/2014
Gamma-ray storm in the black hole Press release 11/06/2014
The journal Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special volume of 31 articles about the cosmological results from the Planck satellite. Press release 11/05/2014
BRENDON J. BREWER: “Bayesian inference maximizes the possibility of finding the answer to certain question with a minimum of data” Interview 11/05/2014
El IAC ofrecerá a la sociedad canaria actividades divulgativas en el marco de las Semanas de la Ciencia Press release 11/04/2014
TOM LOREDO: “With Bayesian statistics we can determine the uncertainty of reality” Interview 11/04/2014
THE XXVI WINTER SCHOOL OF THE IAC IS INAUGURATED Press release 11/03/2014
STATISTICS TO STUDY THE UNIVERSE Press release 10/31/2014
“Ghost light” from dead galaxies Press release 10/30/2014
The first telescope of the SONG network is inaugurated Press release 10/27/2014
The Jesús Serra foundation and the Astrophysics Institute of the Canaries present the scientists in the programme "Visiting Researchers" Press release 10/27/2014
“Hertzsprung SONG”: a new telescope at the Teide Observatory Press release 10/24/2014
Magnetic fields which rejuvenate stars Press release 10/20/2014
Invasion of people with a passion for space optics Press release 10/10/2014
Small, but greedy black holes revealed Press release 10/08/2014
Abierta la inscripción para el concurso "NameExoWorlds" de la IAU Press release 10/06/2014
PHOTONEW Press release 10/01/2014
Stephen Hawking visitó hoy la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasFOTONOTICIA Press release 10/01/2014
El Observatorio del Teide acoge su primer Tweetup Press release 09/30/2014
THE "MAGIC" GIFT OF THE NOBEL LAUREATES Press release 09/26/2014
Meeting with three Nobel Laureates in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos, organizad by the IAC and the Cabildo of Tenerife Press release 09/25/2014
Stephen Hawking encourages the IAC in its serach for gravitational waves from the Big Bang with the QUIJOTE expermient Press release 09/24/2014
STARMUS BEGINS Press release 09/23/2014
First showing of the high definition audio-visual film "Exploring the Solar System" in the CETA-CIEMAT Planetarium Press release 09/19/2014
Can science solve the mystery of existence? Press release 09/18/2014
LIFE IS INEVITABLE News report 09/18/2014
Prestigiosos filósofos y cosmólogos visitan el Observatorio del TeideFOTONOTICIA Press release 09/16/2014
Carlo Rovelli: "En el Universo podría haber sistemas distintos a nosotros con otra flecha del tiempo, o sin tiempo" Interview 09/16/2014
Joe Silk: "Me encanta la teoría de la Inflación, pero necesitamos pruebas" Interview 09/16/2014
219 million stars: a detailed catalogue of the visible Milky Way with the Isaac Newton Telescope News report 09/16/2014
El origen del Universo, ¿una cuestión metafísica? Press release 09/13/2014
El experimento español QUIJOTE podría medir las huellas de ondas gravitacionales del Big Bang' ya a finales de 2015 News report 09/13/2014
When science and philosophy meet. Press release 09/12/2014
Real-time transmission of aurora borealis from Greenland and Iceland, with GLORIA Press release 08/20/2014
The Aurora Borealis in real time from Greenland and Iceland, with GLORIA Press release 08/18/2014
Episodic Star Formation Press release 08/13/2014
SuperMoon from TenerifePHOTONEWS Press release 08/11/2014
Blind date with the Perseids Press release 08/08/2014
Lyman Page: “The announcement about the detection of primordial B-modes was premature” Interview 07/30/2014
Llamaradas estelares: al calor de las fulguraciones News report 07/22/2014
The IAC Governing Council approves the 2014 - 2017 Strategic Plan for sustaining activities at the centre Press release 07/17/2014
Meeting of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Press release 07/16/2014
El programa “la Caixa” – Severo Ochoa beca a cinco estudiantes para cursar un doctorado en el IAC Press release 07/08/2014
El IAC recibe el premio “Pioneros.es” Press release 07/02/2014
OBJECTIVE: the best spectroscopic census of the sky Press release 07/01/2014
ASTRONOMY 2.0: the IAC iniciates its official pages in the social networks Press release 07/01/2014
The "Universidad Europea de Canarias" and the "Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias" sign an agreement to cooperate. Press release 06/23/2014
20th and 21st June, Open Days at the Teide Observatory, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Press release 06/12/2014
The prizes for the competition "Canarians under the same sky"PHOTONEWS Press release 06/06/2014
The first samples of the high definition audiovisual production “Exploring the Solar System”, for domes and planetariums, are now available Press release 06/02/2014
The winners of the competition “Canarians under the same sky” have been announced Press release 05/29/2014
Camelopardálidas: lluvia sí, pero con actividad muy bajaFOTONOTICIA Press release 05/26/2014
Camelopardálidas: ¿realmente una nueva lluvia de estrellas? Press release 05/22/2014
A brief, (but intense) pulse of magnetism News report 05/19/2014
The Director General of the European Southern Observatory visits the IAC Press release 04/30/2014
