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.

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Superbubbles in the interstellar medium Press release
Revealed the morphology of a galaxy hidden by its bright nucleus Press release
Revealed the morphology of a galaxy hidden by its bright nucleus Press release
The Rector and the Vice-rector of Research of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria visit the IAC and the Observatorio del Teide Press release
The Rector and the Vice-rector of Research of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria visit the IAC and the Teide ObservatoryPHOTONEWS Press release
El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China y una delegación del NAOC visitan el IAC y los Observatorios de CanariasFOTONOTICIA Press release
El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China y una delegación del NAOC visitan el IAC y los Observatorios de Canarias Press release
Ignacio Cirac visited the IAC and the Canary Observatories Press release
Ignacio Cirac visited the IAC and the Canary Observatories Press release
IGNACIO CIRAC: “We are at the beginning of a second quantum revolution” Interview
"Preserving the Skies" closes with a call for help from the main entities related to the protection of the night sky. Press release
Preserving the Skies closes with a call for help from the main entities related to the protection of the night sky. Press release
Starry skies and sustainable development Press release
Starry skies and sustainable development Press release
Students from La Palma measure the darkness at night over the island Press release
Students from La Palma measure the darkness at night over the island Press release
New technologies in astronomy and intelligent lighting Press release
New technologies in astronomy and intelligent lighting Press release
SILVIA TORRES-PEIMBERT “Light pollution has a negative effect on astronomical observation, and on living creatures, including on our health. Interview
Preserve biodiversity and human welfare Press release
Preserve biodiversity and human welfare Press release
A rocky super-earth has been found in the habitable zone of a cool star close to the Sun Press release
A rocky super-earth has been found in the habitable zone of a cool star close to the Sun Press release
WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE Press release
WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE Press release
IN FAVOUR OF A DARK SKY Press release
IN FAVOUR OF A DARK SKY Press release
"Without darkness we would never see the stars" Press release
Without darkness we would never see the stars Press release
ÁNGELA VALLVEY: “No hay musa que pueda competir con el cielo de Canarias” Press release
ÁNGELA VALLVEY: “No hay musa que pueda competir con el cielo de Canarias” Press release
The preparatory phase for the final design of the European Solar Telescope begins Press release
The preparatory phase for the final design of the European Solar Telescope begins Press release
The longest stellar “dance” in a planetary nebula Press release
The longest stellar “dance” in a planetary nebula Press release
Ángela Vallvey will visit the IAC and the Canary Islands Observatories Press release
Ángela Vallvey will visit the IAC and the Canary Islands Observatories Press release
TMT International Observatory and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) sign agreement on hosting the Thirty Meter Telescope in La Palma, Spain Press release
TMT International Observatory and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) sign agreement on hosting the Thirty Meter Telescope in La Palma, Spain Press release
The European Research Council has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Advanced Grants” to Javier Trujillo Bueno, CSIC Research Professor at the IAC Press release
The European Research Council has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Advanced Grants” to Javier Trujillo Bueno, CSIC Research Professor at the IAC Press release
The secrets of the galaxies at one click Press release
The secrets of the galaxies at one click Press release
“MarTIAnoS” in Lanzarote Press release
“MarTIAnoS” in Lanzarote Press release
Announced a drawing competition of the La Palma sky in the context of the Tenth anniversary of the Starlight Declaration Press release
Announced a drawing competition of the La Palma sky in the context of the Tenth anniversary of the Starlight Declaration Press release
High School students in the Canary Islands discover two variable stars Press release
High School students in the Canary Islands discover two variable stars Press release
CONNY AERTS: “The interior rotation of a star can either be faster or slower than at the surface and that is what makes a difference in its life” Interview
SANTI CASSISI: “Our new library of stellar models will be made publicly available at the whole international scientific community via the web page of the IAC” Interview
The IAC will organize the Gender in Physics Day Spain 2017 Press release
The IAC will organize the Gender in Physics Day Spain 2017 Press release
Detected the interstellar dust of one of the most distant galaxies Press release
Detected the interstellar dust of one of the most distant galaxies Press release
M81 y M82, entre polvo y gas de la Vía Láctea Press release
M81 y M82, entre polvo y gas de la Vía Láctea Press release
“Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido” cumple 100 emisiones Press release
The Tenth Spanish Virtual Observatory School begins Press release
“Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido” cumple 100 emisiones Press release
The Tenth Spanish Virtual Observatory School begins Press release
A new look at the nature of dark matter Press release
A new look at the nature of dark matter Press release
Revealing the origin and nature of the outskirts of stellar megalopolises Press release
Revealing the origin and nature of the outskirts of stellar megalopolises Press release
Acuerdo para la explotación científica de los telescopios William Herschel e Isaac Newton en La Palma Press release
Acuerdo para la explotación científica de los telescopios William Herschel e Isaac Newton en La Palma Press release
Presentado el programa del congreso multidisciplinar "Preserving the Skies" con motivo del 10ª Aniversario de la Declaración Starlight Press release
Presentado el programa del congreso multidisciplinar "Preserving the Skies" con motivo del 10ª Aniversario de la Declaración Starlight Press release
Tune your radio: galaxies sing when forming stars Press release
Tune your radio: galaxies sing when forming stars Press release
New data about two distant asteroids give a clue to the possible “Planet Nine” Press release
New data about two distant asteroids give a clue to the possible “Planet Nine” Press release
“Astrophysical Instrumentation”, an audiovisual tour of the technology and engineering developed at the IAC Press release
“Astrophysical Instrumentation”, an audiovisual tour of the technology and engineering developed at the IAC Press release
Presentado el primer equipo de ingeniería de IACTEC Press release
Presentado el primer equipo de ingeniería de IACTEC Press release
“Astronomy is great!” Press release
“Astronomy is great!” Press release
New evidence in favour of dark matter: the bars in galaxies are spinning more slowly than we thought Press release
New evidence in favour of dark matter: the bars in galaxies are spinning more slowly than we thought Press release
An application of Astronomy to save endangered species Press release
An application of Astronomy to save endangered species Press release
"TALK WITH THEM: women in astronomy" Press release
TALK WITH THEM: women in astronomy Press release
La galaxia de Andrómeda, primera imagen del “Fotomatón cósmico" Press release
La galaxia de Andrómeda, primera imagen del “Fotomatón cósmico" Press release
The Sun revealed Press release
The Sun revealed Press release
Discovered one of the brightest distant galaxies so far known Press release
Discovered one of the brightest distant galaxies so far known Press release
Helioseismology and the solar magnetic cycle open the IV SOLARNET meeting in Lanzarote Press release
Helioseismology and the solar magnetic cycle open the IV SOLARNET meeting in LanzarotePHOTONEWS Press release
The 4th SOLARNET meeting "The physics of the Sun from the interior to the outer atmosphere" will start next Monday Press release
The 4th SOLARNET meeting "The physics of the Sun from the interior to the outer atmosphere" will start next Monday Press release
Dimitri Gadotti: “Not seeing the complexity of everything that can alter the life of a galaxy sometimes leads to misconceptions” Interview
The long-period binary central stars of the planetary nebulae NGC 1514 and LoTr 5 Research news
First spectra of two extreme trans-Neptunian objects obtained with the GTC support the “Planet Nine” hypothesis Research news
Discovery of interstellar dust in the reionization era of the Universe: ALMA observations of a z=8.38 galaxy amplified by the gravitational lensing effect of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 Research news
Discovered one of the brightest distant galaxies so far known Research news
The cosmic assembly of stellar haloes in massive early-type Galaxies Research news
HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. V. A super-Earth on the inner edge of the habitable zone of the nearby M-dwarf GJ 625 Research news
ASTRONOMICAL CALENDARS 2017PHOTONEWS Press release
GIUSEPPE BONO: “We are going to build the largest ground based telescope to fully exploit the Adaptive Optics capabilities” Interview
Cazasteroides: an app to monitor the population of asteroids from your armchair Press release
PHIL CHARLES: “I’m afraid I don’t know what happens when the matter passes through the event horizon of a black hole and neither does Stephen Hawking” Interview
Happy New Year 2017! Press release
Cosmology in the Second artistic Residence of the KEROXEN festival 2016 Press release
Representatives of the "III Programme for Brazilian Leaders" visit the IAC and the Canary Island ObservatoriesPHOTONEWS Press release
The IAC signs an agreement with the RIKEN Institute of Advanced Photonics for the installation of a new telescopePHOTONEWS Press release
YAKIV PAVLENKO: “OSIRIS is a very useful instrument for the investigation of low mass late-type hosting stars and exoplanets which cannot be observed directly” Interview
Jewitt-Li GeminidPHOTONEWS Press release
Geminids 2016: How to see this Christmas meteor shower Press release
Where giant galaxies are born Press release
NOEMÍ PINILLA: “If there really is a Planet X, finding it would force to revise the models of the creation and evolution of the Solar System that didn’t include it” Interview
El IAC participa en la misión espacial AIM que estudiará mecanismos para desviar asteroides peligrosos Press release
Presentación comentada de la serie audiovisual "IAC INVESTIGA" en el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos Press release
Todo un recorrido por nuestro vecindario cósmico Press release
“NIÉPCE: from the negative to the positive”, a tribute of astronomy to photography Press release
Scientists from the IAC and the ULL discover a nearby “superearth” Press release
Rosetta, a journey to a comet and to our origins Press release
MICHAEL KÜPPERS: “Asteroids may play a larger role than comets in the delivery of water to Earth” Interview
KARRI MUINONEN: “Asteroid mining for valuable minerals is another good reason to carry out research on these objects” Interview
AURÉLIEN CRIDA: “A planet changes its orbit due to gravitational interactions with the gas disk in which it formed” Interview
La Palma acogerá un congreso internacional con motivo del 10º aniversario de la ‘Declaración Starlight’ Press release
ALEJANDRO CARDESÍN: “With the required international support it should be possible to make manned journeys within 20 to 30 years” Interview
SEBASTIEN BESSE: “At the Planetary Science Archive, we ensure the long preservation of the scientific observations, therefore, the preservation of knowledge” Interview
JOHN STANSBERRY: “JWST may finally tell us much more about where the different classes of KBOs came from” Interview
MAGIC observes a gravitational lens at very high energies Press release
JULIA DE LEÓN: “We know very well the orbits of over 90% of the asteroids which could cause a world-wide catastrophe if they impact on Earth” Interview
SEBASTIEN LEBONNOIS: “Climate models can be applied to atmospheres detected around exoplanets and find places suitable for life” Interview
The IAC Winter School on exploring the Solar System has been inaugurated Press release
The IAC will participate in the Weeks of Science and Innovation in the Canaries Press release
Solved: one of the mysteries of globular clusters Press release
The expert in Public Health César Velasco, invited speaker at an IAC colloquium Press release
“The exploration of the Solar System”, theme of this year’s IAC Winter School Press release
La Palma chosen as the alternative site for the TMT Press release
Successful test on La Palma of a new adaptive optics technique for very large telescopes Press release
The VIII programme “Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” has begun Press release
Tomorrow the IV Spanish Meeting on Active Galactic Nuclei starts in Tenerife Press release
Meeting in La Palma of the Spanish Light Pollution Research Network Press release
The IAC engineer Mary Marreto is awarded the prize for "Women with Talent" Press release
PAOLO VENTURA: “Understanding how the stars produce dust is fundamental for all the fields of astrophysics” Interview
JUAN MANUEL BORRERO: “The European Solar Telescope will allow us to improve the quality of the data, and our knowledge of the Sun” Interview
The IAC signs the framework agreement for the installation in La Palma of the two types of high energy telescopes of the CTA observatory Press release
JUAN MADRID: “From the Canaries we can look at heaven and earth at the same time” Press release
Juan Madrid visits the IAC and the Canary Observatories Press release
ELSA LÓPEZ. “It’s curious that the more I learn here, the more I realize just how much is left to know” Press release
JOSÉ ANTONIO DE DIEGO: “The use of tunable filters on the GTC will allow us to detect very young and active galaxies” Interview
Agreement between the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) and the National Astronomical Observatories of China Press release
IAC Scientists participate in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to study an old asteroid Press release
Auroras from the Arctic Press release
The nights of August 11th to 12th and 12th to 13th will be the best time to observe this meteor showerPerseids 2016 Press release
ANTONIO TABARES: “Science and literature have more in common than you might think” Press release
The French Ambassador to Spain visits the IAC Press release
First showing of the video "STARS AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM" Press release
Inaugurado el II Curso Internacional de Verano "Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands" Press release
Juan Carlos Pérez Arencibia is now a Collaborating Member Elect of the Royal Canary Academy of SciencesPHOTONEWS Press release
Astronomers map a record-breaking 1.2 million galaxies to study the secrets of dark energy Press release
A “matryoshka” in the interstellar medium Press release
Éxito en las dos Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas del Observatorio del Teide Press release
Light shed on a superluminous supernova which appears to have exploded twice News report
JUAN CRUZ: “The Canaries has to make a claim for itself as a place for science and technology" Press release
The Board of Directors of the IAC met yesterday in Las Palmas Press release
IACTec a step nearer Press release
Outstanding participation of the IAC in SPIE 2016 Press release
Astronomers catalogue 40,000 minor bodies in the Solar System Press release
Antonio Tabares visits the IAC and the Canary Island Observatories Press release
Juan Cruz visits the IAC and the Canary Island Observatories Press release
8th and 9th July, Open Days at the Teide Observatory of the IAC Press release
PHOTONEWS: The invited speakers to the STARMUS festival and those at the “108 minutes” panel discussion today visited IAC headquarters Press release
“108 minutes” at the GTC Press release
Stone laying for the Visitor Centre at the Roque de los Muchachos Press release
Stephen Hawking, key figure on the 3rd day of Starmus Press release
The first image of a new gaseous component in a planetary nebula. Press release
Dark energy, Saturn, the exploration of space, climate change, the brain, and cybersecurity, on the second day of Starmus 2016 Press release
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks in "Skyrocket" Galaxy Press release
Starmus 2016 Inaugurated Press release
ROSA MONTERO: "Looking up at the sky makes us more human, more civilized, less mean" Press release
The third edition of STARMUS begins Press release
Registration for the II International Summer Course "Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands" is now open Press release
Paralajes, the new monographic review from the IAC Press release
Stephen Hawking ya es Profesor Honorario del IACFOTONOTICIA Press release
Rosa Montero will visit the IAC and the Canary Observatories Press release
First light with EMIR on the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) Press release
Stephen Hawking, "IAC Honorary Professor" Press release
The GTC obtains the deepest image of a galaxy from Earth Press release
The IAC and the Kiepenheuer Institute of Solar Physics sign an agreement on the operation of the solar telescopes at the Teide ObservatoryPHOTONEWS Press release
Their Majesties the King and Queen receive the “Severo Ochoa” research centres and the “María de Maeztu” research units Press release
The EMIR spectrograph is now installed on the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC)PHOTONEWS Press release
Pedro Sánchez visita el Observatorio del TeideFOTONOTICIA Press release
Pathway to the Stars competition 2016 - STARS4ALL for young European students Press release
A new “Einstein ring” is discovered Press release
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will participate in the new European SUNDIAL network Press release
Everything visible and invisible, a course in Astronomy aimed at secondary school teachers Press release
EMIR, a new instrument for the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), is bieng transported to La Palma today. Press release
The IAC signs in Tokyo an agreement with the Riken Institute of Advanced Photonics Press release
The IAC signs an agreement with the National Astronomical Observatories of China Press release
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participates in the XX anniversary of the SOHO satellite Press release
First showing of the video "COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS" Press release