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.

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  • ARTEMIS telescope (SPECULOOS array) at the Teide Observatory.
    Press release
    Inauguration of the ARTEMIS telescope at the Teide Observatory
    This new telescope for finding Earth-like planets which may transit some of the smaller cooler stars in the solar neighbourhood joints the SPECULOOS network of 1m diameter telescopes which include the University of Liège (Belgium), Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT), of the US, and now the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC).
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  • Artistic recreation of the Teegarden Star system.
    Press release
    New Earths discovered around a very small star
    An international team led by the University of Göttingen (Germany) with participation by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have discovered, using the CARMENES high resolution spectrograph at the Calar Alto Observatory (Almería) two new planets like the Earth around one of the closest stars within our Galactic neighbourhood.
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  • Sandra Benítez junto a las tres participantes del programa Canarias Masterclass. Crédito: Tamara Muñiz Pérez (IAC).
    Press release
    Tres alumnas del programa Canarias Masterclass comparten una jornada en el IAC
    (In Spanish only) El pasado 13 de junio, tres estudiantes de segundo de bachillerato, pertenecientes al programa Canarias Masterclass, visitaron la sede central del IAC en La Laguna para compartir una jornada laboral junto con profesionales de las diferentes áreas del Instituto. Las tres alumnas tienen intereses relacionados con la Física o la Astrofísica, y pudieron vivir durante un día cómo se trabaja en un centro de investigación puntero y conocer sus instalaciones.
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  • MASCARA-2B/KELT-20b
    Press release
    The atmosphere of a new ultra hot Jupiter is analysed
    The combination of observations made with the CARMENES spectrograph on the 3.5m telescope at Calar Alto Observatory (Almería), and the HARPS-N spectrograph on the National Galileo Telescope (TNG) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma) has enabled a team from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and from the University of La Laguna (ULL) to reveal new details about this extrasolar planet, which has a surface temperature of around 2000 K.
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