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.

  • Cover of grantecan.es. Credit: Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC).
    The Gran Telescopio Canarias today inaugurates its website grantecan.es which will communicate the telescope with the wide public during its observing nights. Furthermore this coming Saturday, March 9th, there will be the first of a series of broadcasts in real time from GRANTECAN during which it will be possible to talk to the professional astronomers and ask them questions. This initiative is co-financed by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities.
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  • Meteoros registrados en el Observatorio del Teide (IAC) entre las 06:13h y las 06:38h UT (hora local canaria) del día 4 de enero de 2107. La estrella más brillante a la izquierda es Procyon (Canis Minor), Castor y Pollux (Géminis) casi en el centro. El cú
    The best time to observe the first meteor shower of 2019 will be the night of January 3rd to 4th. The astronomical event will be broadcast live from the Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife) and Higuera la Real (Badajoz), with the collaboration of the European STARS4ALL project and the initiative promoted by the Junta de Extremadura, "Extremadura, Buenas Noches".
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  • Romano Corradi, director del Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Crédito: Iván Jiménez
    The Gran Telescopio Canarias(GTC), on the point of completing 10 years of scientific operation, is still the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world. This status will be maintained until at least 2025 when the new generation of very large telescopes will start operating. The astrophyisicist Romano Corradi, its director since 2016 and an expert in planetary nebulae, gave a review of the present and future of this “singular infrastructure” during the VI Conference on Science with the GTC, which was held in Valencia.
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