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.

  • The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, with the director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, during his visit to the IAC headquarters in La Laguna. Credits: Luis Chinarro (IAC).
    The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has visited today the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna, accompanied by the director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, and other researchers and engineers from the center. During his visit, he was informed about the research conducted in this institute and in the Canarian Observatories, as well as the technological projects in which the IAC is currently involved. Special attention was paid to the collaborations between the IAC and US research centers -including the Department of Astronomy, University of Florida
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  • Hoy viernes, el director del IAC, Rafael Rebolo, suscribió el acuerdo que integrará a este centro en la Red Insular de Igualdad de Género Tenerife Violeta (RIIGTV), lo que pone a este instituto en la vanguardia del trabajo hacia la igualdad efectiva entre mujeres y hombres en la isla de Tenerife. “El IAC –señaló Rebolo- hace así una apuesta decidida por las políticas de igualdad, con una serie de acciones que se llevarán a cabo en breve en relación con esta materia”. Este acuerdo Marco Estratégico Tenerife Violeta (METV) se ha firmado en el Edificio Principal del Cabildo, en Santa Cruz de
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  • First light of the ESO Wendelstein Laser Guide Star unit at the Teide Observatory, Tenerife. Credits: Rosa Macías.
    A team of astronomers and engineers from the IAC, ESO, and the INAF-Rome Observatory have achieved first light and successful commissioning of a new "Laser Guide Star" system at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife
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