The newly discovered binary system has one of the shortest orbital periods ever seen inside a planetary nebula. The findings of the study, led by the IAC and published in MNRAS letters, reveal that the interaction between the two stars could quickly lead to a nova explosion, something which is not predicted by theories of binary evolution.

The IAC is organizing a conference in Tenerife about the first four years of Science with the Hertzsprung SONG telescope, the first in an international network, which was inaugurated at the Teide Observatory in October 2014.

Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have thought out a strategy which could lead to a triplication in the number of known stellar mass black holes.

CMB foregrounds brought together specialists from several scientific institutions in Europe, Asia, and America who made contacts with a view to future collaborations with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

The Department of Education and Universities (CEU) of the Government of the Canaries, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence, are starting again with joint activities for promoting astronomy, based on the natural resource of the Canary skies, and coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the pioneering “Law of the Sky”.

Scientists from all over the world who are studying high energy astrophysics met today in La Palma, after attending yesterday, at the Roque de los Muchachos, the inauguration of LST-1, the prototype of the four large sized telescopes which will be a part of the CTA North array.