An international team, led by the astrophysicist Carolina von Essen, has used the OSIRIS spectrograph on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) to study the chemical composition of a planet whose equilibrium temperature is around 3,200 °C.

Con motivo del 30 aniversario de la aprobación de la Ley del Cielo, el próximo miércoles, 7 de noviembre, el IAC y el equipo del Telescopio de Treinta Metros organizan un evento en el municipio palmero de Los Llanos de Aridane. Paralelamente a una fiesta de las estrellas, “Acércate a tu cielo”, que consistirá en un encuentro popular de observación astronómica y chocolatada, se añadirá una mesa redonda sobre “El valor del cielo de La Palma”, precedida de una apertura oficial.

This annual meeting for young researchers- doctoral students and postdocs- will be dedicated to the analysis of big data bases in Astronomy. It is taking place from November 5th to 10th in the assembly hall of the general lecture theatre building on the Guajara Campus of the University of La Laguna.

On October 31st 1988 just 30 year ago today, the Spanish Government passed the Law for the Protection of the Astronomical Quality of the Observatories of the IAC, which became the first national law for protection of the sky in any country in the world.

The newly discovered binary system has one of the shortest orbital periods ever seen inside a planetary nebula. The findings of the study, led by the IAC and published in MNRAS letters, reveal that the interaction between the two stars could quickly lead to a nova explosion, something which is not predicted by theories of binary evolution.

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.