News

This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

  • Composition of images of Centaurus A in the optical range (ESO/WFI) and X-rays (NASA/CXC/CfA).
    An International team with participation by researchers with close links to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna, obtains the first clear observational evidence that the mass of the supermassive central black hole in a massive galaxy affects the formation of new stars during its lifetime.
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  • IX Edition "Día de Nuestra Ciencia"
    La directora general, quien midió hace unos años el impacto social y económico de la Gran Ciencia (Big Science), destacó el ambicioso Plan Estratégico del IAC para los próximos años. "El IAC -dijo- destaca no sólo por su producción científica, sino también por la creación de capacidades tecnológicas y de innovación". Insistió en que la ciencia que hace el IAC es con y para la sociedad y que este instituto debe contribuir a combatir la pseudociencias.
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  • Discovery of a super-Earth near to the habitable zone of a cool star
    An international team led by researchers from the IAC, using the radial velocity method, have discovered a possibly rocky planet at the edge of the habitable zone of a red dwarf star. Only a few dozen planets of this kind are known and its detection was made possible with the HARPS-N spectrograph on the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma.
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