The Ambassador of France to Spain, Jerome Bonnafont, the Honorary Consul of France in the Canary Islands, Francisco Esteban García, and the Minister of Science and Technology of the French Embassy, Bertrand Bouchet, visited the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Teide Observatory, in Tenerife, yesterday afternoon. The Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, and other researchers and engineers from the center accompanied them. During the visit to the observatory, the French delegation had the opportunity to see the facilities of the French telescope THEMIS, led

It is the nearest exoplanet for which an image and a spectrum have been obtained

El nuevo convenio incrementará la excelencia científica de la Red y la ejecución de proyectos conjuntos. El supercomputador "LaPalma 2", del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, forma parte de esta red.

The rectors of the universities, the directors of the IAC and PLOCAN, the director of ACIISI, researchers, journalists, and any "tweeters" who wish, will participate

A delegation from INEUSTAR visits the IAC and the Canarian Observatories

On Wednesday April 15th researchers from the IAC will present their lines of work in the Guiniguada Theatre (Teatro Guiniguada) of Las Palmas, in a performance with entry gratis, and open to the general public.