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.

  • Participants at La Gomera Accretion Week 2017 conference. Credit: Phil Charles.
    The International Scientific Conference La Gomera Accretion Week 2017, dealing with extremely compact stellar objects, which lasted from 11 to 15th September brought together 65 researchers from 14 countries, and 4 continents, in the municipality of San Sebastián de la Gomera, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) with the collaboration of the Cabildo Insular of La Gomera and the Town Council of San Sebastián
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  • Sky projection of all galaxies observed in the 2MRS (Two Micron Redshift Survey) catalog (red symbols) at distances of 170 to 280 million light-years and the reconstructed underlying dark matter cosmic web (grey scale) using Big Data techniques.
    Between September 18th and 22nd the international scientific school “Cosmology School in the Canary Islands” will take place in Pájara (Fuerteventura), organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), with the collaboration of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and the town council of Pájara
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  • Poster of “La Gomera Accretion Week 2017” Credit: Gabriel Pérez, SMM (IAC).
    The municipality of San Sebastián de La Gomera will host the international scientific conference “La Gomera Accretion Week 2017” between September 11th and 15th, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) with the collaboration of the Cabildo of La Gomera and the city council of San Sebastián
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