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.

  • TMT representatives, accompanied by the Manager of the ORM, the Director of the IAC, and political authorities. Credit: Javier Licandro.
    This week Thomas Soifer, Gregory Fahlman, and Masanori Iye, members of the Board of Governors of the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) International Observatory, visited during the week the installations of the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in La Laguna, and the Teide and Roque de los Muchachos Observatories.
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  • Participantes en el workshop sobre el Telescopio Espacial James Webb en el IAC. Crédito: Miguel Briganti, SMM (IAC).
    Specialists from different research institutions, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB), the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) dealt, for two days, with questions related to the present and future of this telescope.
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  • Stephen Hawking en el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) en 2016 durante su acto de homenaje como "Profesor Honorario del IAC". Crédito: Elena Mora (IAC).
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) deeply regrets the death of the eminent theoretical physicist and cosmologist, Honorary Professor of this research centre.
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  • Magazine cover. Credit: Inés Bonet.
    The most recent edition of "Paralajes" magazine, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) deals with the role of women in astronomy, picking out important figures in the history of this science until the present day, with special emphasis on the women scientists and engineers working in the IAC projects. This magazine is part of the project "The return of Henrietta Leavitt", an IAC initiative with the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) collaboration.
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