This morning at a press conference at the IAC the latest study of the economic and social impact of the Astrophysics Sector in the Canaries was presented, carried out by a team from the University of La Laguna and directed by the economist Professor Juan José Díaz Hernández. The “Astrophysics Sector” in the Canaries comprises the IAC, the numerous scientific institutions from around the world who work at the Canary Observatories, by the related industry dedicated to the sector, and by the services related to these installations. After analyzing the activity of the sector in the Islands, Juan

This morning at a press conference at the IAC the latest study of the economic and social impact of the Astrophysics Sector in the Canaries was presented, carried out by a team from the University of La Laguna and directed by the economist Professor Juan José Díaz Hernández.

The IAC is organizing a conference in Tenerife about the first four years of Science with the Hertzsprung SONG telescope, the first in an international network, which was inaugurated at the Teide Observatory in October 2014.

Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have thought out a strategy which could lead to a triplication in the number of known stellar mass black holes.

CMB foregrounds brought together specialists from several scientific institutions in Europe, Asia, and America who made contacts with a view to future collaborations with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

The Department of Education and Universities (CEU) of the Government of the Canaries, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence, are starting again with joint activities for promoting astronomy, based on the natural resource of the Canary skies, and coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the pioneering “Law of the Sky”.