An international team of astronomers uses the infrared camera on the Gran Telescopio Canarias to produce, for the first time, a high resolution map of the magnetic field in the clouds of gas and dust particles around the centre of our Galaxy.

Its very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe

The Ministry of Education and Universities of the Government of the Canary Islands and the IAC, Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, initiate joint training projects for the promotion of astronomy, enhancing Canary Islands’ sky resources and coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the pioneering Ley del Cielo (that aims to protect sky’s quality).

The Ministry of Education and Universities of the Government of the Canary Islands and the IAC, Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, initiate joint training projects for the promotion of astronomy, enhancing Canary Islands’ sky resources and coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the pioneering Ley del Cielo (that aims to protect sky’s quality).

This instrument, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has collaborated, has used, for the first time, the combined light of the four telescopes which make up the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile.

This instrument, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has collaborated, has used, for the first time, the combined light of the four telescopes which make up the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile.