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.

  • Poster workshop BUKS2018. Credit: IAC.
    Tomorrow, in La Laguna, sees the start of the BUKS2018 conference, which will bring together for a week 77 specialists in Solar Physics from 14 countries to discuss the latest research on the waves and instabilities which are produced in the atmosphere of the star in our neighbourhood.
    Advertised on
  • M87 image taken with WFC3 from HST (2016) with the F814W filter. Different knots can be seen along the jet, including the first HST-1 knot. Credit: ESA
    The study, carried out by two researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, shows that the “change in position” observed in the nucleus of the galaxy M87 is not due to a displacement of its supermassive black hole, but to variations in the emission of light in the centre of the galaxy caused by outbursts coming from its jet, a flow of relativistic material along a narrow beam, emitted from just outside the black hole itself.
    Advertised on
  • Spectral energy distribution for the nucleus of NGC 1052. Different symbols represent the sub-arcsec and low-angular resolution measurements, interpolation, power-law, hot standard disc, and a Seyfert 2 template.
    Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) are found in about 1/3 of all the galaxies in the Local Universe, establishing the most numerous class of AGNs. At low accretion rates, LLAGNs are expected to develop major changes in the structure of the accretion disc when compared to their bright counterparts, Seyfert galaxies and Quasars. Here we present high-angular resolution data (~13 pc) for the LLAGN in the nucleus of NGC 1052, covering 10 orders of magnitude in frequency from radio to X-rays. The flux distribution of the nucleus is well described by a broken power law plus an inverse
    Advertised on
  • Valentín Martínez Pillet. Credit: Inés Bonet (IAC)
    During his last visit to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) we talked to the Director of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) of the United States about the launching of the Parker Solar Probe, among other subjects. Valentín Martínez Pillet studied for his doctorate at the University of La Laguna and at the IAC, where he is a Coordinator of Projects, but this solar physicist is currently carrying out Special Duties, after accepting, in 2013, the offer to be the director of the institution which is constructing the biggest solar telescope in the world, the Daniel, K. Inouye Solar
    Advertised on