The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is strengthening its commitment to Equality and, to coincide with the commemoration of March 8th, International Women’s Day, is presenting its IV Plan for Equality. This document covers the active work within the IAC to support Equality and Fairness in the working and institutional environment, and proposes specific measures to ensure that both of these aims are achieved. The IAC has pioneered the introduction of policies of Equality in the field of science in Spain. Even before the approval of the Organic Law 3/2007 for the effective equality

The IAC's Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR) offers a new edition of its online teacher training entitled ‘ Investigate the Universe with Robotic Telescopes’. This activity, organised in collaboration with the STEAM area of the regional Ministry of Education of the Canary Islands Government, aims to provide knowledge and tools to incorporate astronomy in the classroom through the use of professional robotic telescopes, the analysis of scientific data and active learning methodologies. PETeR is an educational project that gives schools free access to professional telescopes

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Canary, La Palma Reserve of the Biosphere Foundation have signed a document agreeing on actions to be taken in prevention, early warning and rapid response to exotic invading species on the Island of La Palma, a World Biosphere Reserve.

The third telescope of the Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT3) situated in the Teide Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has seen its “first light”. This robotic 2 meter telescope, managed by the Canary company Light Bridges, is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

An international scientific team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has identified a new super-Earth orbiting the star HD 176986, a K-type dwarf located about 91 light-years away. The finding, published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, brings the number of known planets in this system to three and confirms the value of long-term observation campaigns for detecting small, wide-orbiting worlds. The observation campaign of HD 176986, an orange dwarf star or K-type star, slightly smaller than the Sun and located about 91 light-years away, has highlighted the

La astrofísica cordobesa Casiana Muñoz Tuñón ha sido distinguida con la Medalla de Andalucía en la categoría de Investigación, Ciencia y Salud, un reconocimiento a su destacada trayectoria en el campo de la astrofísica y su compromiso con la protección del cielo nocturno. Muñoz es licenciada en Ciencias Físicas por la Universidad de Granada y doctora por la Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife). Su carrera ha estado dedicada al estudio de la formación estelar violenta y su influencia en la evolución de las galaxias. Además, ha trabajado intensamente en la defensa de la calidad del cielo, un