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.

  • Cartel exposición "FEDER, mirando al cielo". Crédito: Inés Bonet (IAC)
    Organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the Department of Finance of the Government of the Canaries, this exhibition brings to the public all the technological development projects of Astrophysics in the Islands which have been funded via the European Fund of Regional Development (FEDER)
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  • Poster Astrofest La Palma. Credit: Astrofest.
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) are collaborating in Astrofest La Palma 2018, a big festival of events organized by the Department of Tourism of the Island Cabildo of La Palma, whose aim is to highlight the quality of the sky on the “beautiful island”.
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  • Meeting of the Advisory Research Commission of the IAC. From left to right: Christoffel Waelkens, Catherine Pilachowski, Rafael Rebolo, Álvaro Giménez y Malcolm Longair. Credit: IAC.
    The Advisory Research Commission (CAI for its Spanish initials) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) whose members are scientists with international prestige in the field, met yesterday in La Laguna to analyze the research and the technology of the Institute, and of the Observatories which it runs.
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  •  Samuel Ting, 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics, at the AMS Days Congress at La Palma
    “I still remember the surface of the Moon seen from the Teide Observatory”. He will never forget the image: Sharp, close up, and brilliant. It was the first time that he had observed our satellite through a large telescope. Since then Professor Samuel Ting had always wanted to return and enjoy the quality of the sky in the Canaries, and its Observatories. Almost 20 years later he has returned to be amazed again: he is visiting for the firs ttime the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, within the boundary of the municipality of Garafía (La Palma), accompanied by Rafael Rebolo, the current
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