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.

  • Illustration of the UNDARK project
    UNDARK is a pioneering project led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) bringing together outstanding international institutions in the fields of astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics. Funded for three years via the 'Widening' programme of the European Union, its objective is to tackle one of the major puzzles of contemporary physics: the dark universe. The major part of the Cosmos is composed by the so-called “dark universe”. Barely 18% of the total matter in the universe is made up of the elements in atoms with which we are familiar, while the remaining 82%, termed
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  • Begoña García Lorenzo
    Begoña García Lorenzo, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been appointed coordinator of the Network of Astronomical Infrastructures (RIA), and advisory committee on astronomical affairs of the General Administration of State, funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. The task of the RIA is to offer guidance about the Scientific-Technical Singular Infrastructures (ICTS in Spanish) and International Installations and Organisms (IOI), promoting collaboration among them. With an important carreer lasting over two decades in astrophysical
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  • IAC engineers working in one of the Assembly, Integration and Verification Rooms (AIV).
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has set up its Office for the Transfer of Knowledge (OTC), a step towards its commitment to knowledge transfer in which it combines its Office for Transfer and Institutional Actions (OTAI) and its Unit of Communication and Scientific Culture (UC3) The creation of the OTC implies a recognition of the trajectory and the effort of the IAC in promoting the transfer of knowledge to its social and economic surroundings. The new OTC has been favourable evaluated, and inscribed in the Register of Offices of Knowledge Transfer (OTC for its initial in
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  • Poster for the Open Days at the Teide 2024 Observatory. Credit: Inés Bonet (IAC)
    FULLY BOOKED Thank you very much for your interest in the Open Days 2024. All available places have been fully booked with the applications received. Those who have successfully registered will receive an email confirming their attendance or non-attendance as soon as possible. We regret that we are unable to attend all applications, but we encourage you to stay tuned for our next calls and events - we look forward to your participation in future activities! We would like to remind you that other visits are organised throughout the year and can be requested via our Visits page . Coinciding
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  • El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias celebra su XV edición del Día de Nuestra Ciencia
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias celebra este viernes, 7 de junio, la XV edición del Día de Nuestra Ciencia. El evento interno tiene lugar en la sede del IACTEC en La Laguna y es el momento anual que tienen los grupos de trabajo del IAC para presentar y conocer la labor de las distintas áreas del centro: Investigación, Instrumentación y Divulgación. También es un momento de convivencia y de acercamiento entre los distintos equipos de trabajo.
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  • La doctora Nataliia Shchukina, experta en Física Solar y proveniente del Observatorio Astronómico de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Ucrania, durante su charla en la actividad de la Fundación Occident.
    El programa Investigadores Visitantes Fundación Occident del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) se consolida en la edición de 2024. Durante este año, el IAC recibirá una decena de investigadores e investigadoras visitantes de renombre internacional que pasarán en el centro entre uno y tres meses, con el objeto de trabajar conjuntamente para intercambiar conocimientos y estrechar lazos de colaboración. Este programa tiene lugar gracias al acuerdo entre el IAC y Fundación Occident, que se remonta al año 2014. El programa Investigadores Visitantes Fundación Occident es una de las
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