An international study, using the high-speed HiPERCAM camera, installed in the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), has determined for the first time the mass and radius of one of the oldest stars in our Galaxy.
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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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The exhibition "100 Square Moons" is inaugurated in Brussels, together with a model of the European Solar Telescope. For a week the European Parliament in Brussels will be home to this educational display by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), while at the same time another copy of the exhibition is being shown in Japan.Advertised on -
The Cervantes Institute in Japan plays host to this educational exhibition which brings advances in Astrophysics to society via photographs with major impact taken with the STC Astrograph of the Unit of Science Communication and Culture (UC3) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) This exhibition also is part of the activities organized to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the International Astronomical Union, the biggest forum in the world for Astronomy.Advertised on -
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) are organizing the scientific conference “Impulsing Astrophysics in Spain: 50 years of doctoral theses at the IAC”, which will be held on 17th to 19th July in La Laguna (Tenerife).Advertised on -
Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) have discovered the remains of a planet inside a disc of debris circling a white dwarf. Thought to be rich in heavy metals iron and nickel which helped it survive destruction of its planetary system. This work, has been published today in Science magazine.Advertised on -
Esta mañana, Pablo Casado, presidente del Partido Popular (PP) y candidato a la Presidencia del Gobierno de España, visitó la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), en La Laguna, junto con otros representantes de su partido. El político se mostró interesado en conocer la labor investigadora y de desarrollo tecnológico que se realiza en el IAC y en los Observatorios de Canarias, así como los proyectos de futuros telescopios. Acompañado por Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón, subdirectora del IAC, y otros miembros del Comité de Dirección de este centro, Casado recorrió las instalacionesAdvertised on