As happens every year, the Perseids –also known popularly in Spain as “St Lawrence's tears”– show their peak of activity in mid-August. This year the activity of the Perseids will occur between July 17th and August 25th. However the maximum is expected between 13.00 h and 15.30 h Universal Time (UT, one hour more in the Canaries and two hours more in the Spanish peninsula) on August 12th. In Europe the nights of August 11th to12th and 12th to 13th will be the best time to observe the Perseids, in other words the night before and the night following this maximum of activity, which will occur

With a visit to the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory the playwright from La Palma ends his visit in the framework of the project “In a certain place in the Universo...” Impressed by the scientific and technical level of the IAC and the Canary Island Observatories

The French Ambassador to Spain, Yves Saint-Geours, visited the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) yesterday morning, and in the afternoon he visited the Teide Observatory, Izaña (Tenerife) accompanied by the Consul, Francisco de Esteban García, in order to learn about the programmes of scientific collaboration in which France and the IAC are jointly involved. During his visit to the Institute, the Ambassador was accompanied by the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, and was told about the projects of research and technical development in which France is

This is the fifth and final audiovisual production in the series "IAC Research" produced by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias with funding from the Severo Ochoa Programme

La segunda edición del Curso de Verano Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands, organizado por el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), comenzó hoy con la primera de sus cuatro jornadas destinadas a la formación de profesorado de ciencia, tecnología y matemáticas. Una veintena de profesores y profesoras españoles y de otros países de la Unión Europea asisten estos días a conferencias y talleres prácticos sobre Astronomía, con el objetivo de proporcionarles nuevas herramientas para una educación científico-técnica más lúdica, más imaginativa y más estimulante para sus estudiantes. El

Yesterday, 14th July, the astrophysicist Juan Carlos Pérez Arencibia, the manager of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, in Garafía (La Palma), was named “Collaborating Member Elect” of the Canarian Royal Academy of Sciences during its meeting which took place at the Salazar Palace in Santa Cruz de La Palma. The act was introduced by the Full Academician in the Speciality of Earth and Space Sciences Teodoro Roca Cortés, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of La Laguna (ULL) and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The President of the Academy, José Manuel