Astronomical calendar 2023
Photomontage
11/01/2023
The WEAVE spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope takes its first light data at the ORM
Photomontage
19/12/2022
The Rector of the University of La Laguna (ULL) visits the Gran Telescopio de Canarias to give an impulse to the Sustainability Plan for the telescope
Press release
21/09/2022
ASTRI telescopes at the Teide Observatory: an example of environmental integration
Photomontage
21/07/2022
The Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, meets with the scientific community at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
21/07/2022
The OTPC: thirty years working to protect the sky
News report
15/07/2022
The first edition of the DRAGO educational project has been concluded
Photomontage
13/07/2022
A delegation from the Commission for Regional Development of the European Parliament visited the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
24/05/2022
Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, visits the Centre for Astrophysics in La Palma
Press release
22/10/2021
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and GRANTECAN help to show how the first galaxies were formed
Press release
21/10/2021
Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition
Press release
14/10/2021
WEAVE is ready to start operating in La Palma
Press release
22/07/2021
The origin of the first structures formed in galaxies like the Milky Way identified
Press release
07/06/2021
Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum
Press release
02/06/2021
The European Solar Telescope will be installed on La Palma
Press release
21/05/2021
The natural brightness of the night sky
Press release
06/05/2021
Quadrantids 2021: our best wishes for the start of a new year
Press release
31/12/2020
The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: astronomical event of the year
Photomontage
23/12/2020
An eclipse, a superconjunction, and the last meteor shower of the year: Geminids 2020
Press release
09/12/2020
The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory serves as an inspiration to the world tourism summit which is being held on La Palma
Photomontage
30/11/2020
The IAC renews its WiFi network platform
Press release
13/11/2020
The La Palma World Biosphere Reserve and the IAC work out a protocol to monitor and prevent invading species
Press release
09/11/2020
Aena and the IAC collaborate in the renewal of the lighting of the Tenerife South Airport
Press release
03/11/2020
The Spanish Goverment increases the budget of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias by 9 million euros
Press release
02/11/2020
The IAC renews the data network of the Canary Observatories
Press release
23/10/2020
Astronomy and Literature, together again in La Palma
Press release
18/09/2020
Natural darkness to preserve night-time ecosystems
Press release
15/09/2020
The IAC is collaborating again with the Spanish-American Writers’ Festival in La Palma
Press release
11/09/2020
Communiqué from the IAC about the recent fire in Garafía
Press release
25/08/2020
Communiqué from the IAC. Telescopes of the ASTRI project
Press release
03/08/2020
Activities for Asteroid Day
Press release
26/06/2020
La Palma telescopes participate in the discovery of a young blazar produced by the merger of two galaxies
Press release
07/04/2020
EELabs: sustainable use of artificial lighting
Press release
04/03/2020
The Japanese ambassador to Spain visits the IAC and the Canary Observatories
Press release
14/02/2020
The Report on the Socio-economic Impact of the TMT on La Palma has been presented
Press release
13/01/2020
The VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
General
12/12/2019
Direct broadcast of the transit of Mercury
General
08/11/2019
Free access to the largest catalogue of objects observed by Grantecan
Press release
17/10/2019
EMIR and MEGARA, two instruments giving excellent results on GRANTECAN
Press release
02/10/2019
The Universities of Turku (Finland) and Aarhus (Denmark) are the new owners of the NOT
Press release
01/10/2019
The Gran Telescopio Canarias obtains the visible spectrum of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), the first confirmed interstellar comet
Press release
14/09/2019
A “gold mine” is detected in a collision of two distant stars
Press release
27/08/2019
A week of astronomical activities in the municipality of Garafía
Press release
09/08/2019
The Governing Council of the IAC gives firm support to the building of the TMT on La Palma
Press release
30/07/2019
The president of the Italian National Astrophysics Institute visits the IAC
Photomontage
14/06/2019
The project “CosmoLAB: the solar system as a laboratory in the classroom” is one year old
Press release
28/05/2019
The IAC and ESA sign an agreement to widen the programmes of connection and transmission of optical data at the Teide Observatory
Press release
22/05/2019
The CTA and the IAC celebrate the International Day of Light with an outreach day in Garafía
Press release
14/05/2019
The Gran Telescopio Canarias is participating in a programme to monitor potentially dangerous asteroids
Press release
02/05/2019
A system of globular clusters in the disc of a galaxy detected for the first time
Press release
02/05/2019
“GALACTICA”: the biggest panorama of the Milky Way is complete
Press release
30/04/2019
The HiPERCAM camera of the Gran Telescopio Canarias reveals new details about the oldest stars in the Milky Way
Press release
09/04/2019
Heavy metal planet fragment survives destruction from dead star
Press release
04/04/2019
Journey to the Big Bang through the lithium of a Milky Way star
Press release
02/04/2019
GRANTECAN opens its doors to its observing nights
Press release
07/03/2019
Contracts for those newly qualified in “Formación Profesional”
Press release
25/01/2019
Casiana Muñoz -Tuñón, new Deputy Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Press release
22/01/2019
Quadrantids, start the year with good wishes!
Press release
28/12/2018
ROMANO CORRADI: “One of the best telescopes in the world had to be in one of the best sites in the world for observing the sky”
Press release
27/12/2018
HARMONI pases its design revisión and will be the spectrograph on the future ELT
Press release
21/12/2018
Astronomers find a way to “see” the distribution of dark matter in clusters of galaxies
Press release
20/12/2018
The Saturn Nebula reveals its complexity
Press release
18/12/2018
MuSCAT2 to find Earth-like habitable planets in the TESS era
Press release
18/12/2018
Calendario astronómico 2019
Press release
17/12/2018
BigSkyEarth Conference: AstroGeoInformatics
Press release
14/12/2018
The present and future of research with the GTC
Press release
14/12/2018
The present and future of research with the GTC
Press release
14/12/2018
The VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
Press release
12/12/2018
VI Conference on Science with the GTC
Press release
10/12/2018
Helium signal reveals the comet-like tail of exoplanet WASP-69b for the first time
Press release
06/12/2018
Rafael Rebolo, galardonado con uno de los Premios Nacionales de Investigación Científica
Press release
05/12/2018
Geminids 2018, the last big meteor shower of the year
Press release
05/12/2018
80ª reunión del Comité Científico Internacional en La Laguna
Press release
30/11/2018
A Sun more complex than expected
Press release
28/11/2018
The CTA-North Observatory: a network of opportunities for Spanish industry
Press release
27/11/2018
An amateur astronomer discovers a dwarf galaxy
Press release
23/11/2018
Our solar neighbourhood is full of planets
Press release
14/11/2018
La Palma hosts the meeting of the Board of the CTA Observatory
Press release
13/11/2018
Cosmic fireworks from a new gamma-ray binary
Press release
13/11/2018
Galaxies like Russian dolls
Press release
12/11/2018
El rentable legado de una ley única en el mundo
Press release
09/11/2018
The Winter School of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias on Big Data Comes to a Close
Press release
09/11/2018
Aluminium oxide found in an Ultra Hot Jupiter
Press release
07/11/2018
El valor del cielo de La Palma
Press release
05/11/2018
More than 80 participants from the whole world will attend the IAC Winter School on Big Data
Press release
02/11/2018
30 years protecting the Canary sky
Press release
31/10/2018
Two stars so close that they are almost touching found inside a planetary nebula
Press release
23/10/2018
Astrophysics in the Canaries generates 3.5 euros for every euro invested
Press release
23/10/2018
Astrophysics in the Canaries generates 3.5 euros for every euro invested
Press release
23/10/2018
Four years with SONG
Press release
22/10/2018
Close of the International Conference on the cosmic background radiation in Tenerife
Press release
19/10/2018
Astronomers propose a new method for detecting black holes
Press release
19/10/2018
Astronomy returns to the Canary classrooms
Press release
18/10/2018
Frontiers of Astroparticle Physics
Press release
11/10/2018
International Conference on the cosmic microwave background radiation in Tenerife
Press release
11/10/2018
Sextans: the smallest cannibal galaxy discovered until now
Press release
11/10/2018
LST1: a new telescope that shines in the summit of La Palma
Press release
10/10/2018
Inauguration of the LST-1 telescope on La Palma
Press release
09/10/2018
Galactic Archaeology
Press release
08/10/2018
The Environmental footprint of Artificial Lighting
Press release
03/10/2018
The faint glow of cosmic hydrogen
Press release
02/10/2018
The Law of the Sky is 30 years old
Press release
01/10/2018
A biography of possibly the first Canary astronomer will be presented, based on the discovery of a set of mysterious old exercise books in the library of the IAC
Press release
24/09/2018
Stars from the world of literature “touch the sky” at the La Palma Observatory
Press release
22/09/2018
The only known white dwarf orbited by planetary fragments has been analyzed
Press release
20/09/2018
The IAC collaborates in the first Hispanoamerican Festival of Authors in La Palma
Press release
12/09/2018
OTELO reveals a population of “ghost galaxies” in the Universe
Press release
10/09/2018
Night CAT call for proposals 2019A
General
04/09/2018
Perseids 2018, a spectacle in the sky
Press release
03/08/2018
After the Kepler supernova explosion, no survivors were left behind
Press release
01/08/2018
Un verano más, el IAC abre sus puertas a la formación de profesorado
Press release
31/07/2018
A young IAC scientist wins a distinguished prize from the European Physical Society
Press release
25/07/2018
Anuncio del puesto de Subdirector del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Press release
24/07/2018
Comienza el curso “Acércate al Cosmos”
Press release
24/07/2018
One of the densest clusters of galaxies in the universe is revealed
Press release
13/07/2018
The MAGIC telescopes help to uncover the origin of a cosmic neutrino
Press release
12/07/2018
PEDRO DUQUE “We will continue to support the Sky of the Canaries as a valuable factor for society”
Press release
10/07/2018
Researchers find organic material in the Antennae Galaxies
Press release
09/07/2018
Tellurium is detected in one of its places of origin
Press release
28/06/2018
MAGIC celebrates its 15th anniversary
Press release
22/06/2018
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA: “We must bring literature closer to the stars!”
Press release
20/06/2018
Representatives of the London School of Economics visit the IAC
Press release
18/06/2018
IV International Summer Course "Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands"
Press release
14/06/2018
Today, in the Sicilian town of Giardini Naxos (Italy) the first meeting on Science with the EST is starting
Press release
11/06/2018
Researchers discover a system with three Earth-sized planets
Press release
06/06/2018
Researchers discover multiple alkali metals in unique exoplanet
Press release
31/05/2018
ALMA: in search of our cosmic origins
Press release
29/05/2018
CosmoLAB: el Sistema Solar como laboratorio en el aula
Press release
29/05/2018
20 years keeping an eye on R Aquarii
Press release
18/05/2018
10ª edición del DNC: un ejemplo de comunicación interna
Press release
16/05/2018
SPICA, a candidate for the next class M scientific mission of ESA
Press release
10/05/2018
Call for IAC-Nordic NOT proposals for semester 2018B
General
09/05/2018
Presentación en La Palma de la exposición “FEDER, mirando el cielo”
Press release
08/05/2018
Researchers at the IAC participate in the discovery of clusters of galaxies in the early universe
Press release
27/04/2018
The itinerant exhibition “FEDER looks at the sky” comes to La Palma
Press release
25/04/2018
Lirids 2018: a date with the stars this weekend
Press release
20/04/2018
A stellar first showing of the new film by Mateo Gil “The Laws of Thermodynamics”
Press release
20/04/2018
A stargazers’ festival
Press release
19/04/2018
Meeting of the Advisory Research Commission of the IAC
Press release
17/04/2018
“The Universe is the best particle accelerator”
Press release
13/04/2018
The Galaxies "tune up their musical instruments"
Press release
09/04/2018
GALÁCTICA: The largest photo of the Milky Way available on the web
Press release
03/04/2018
The Hubble Space Telescope discovers the most distant star ever observed
Press release
02/04/2018
Representatives of the TMT visit the IAC and its observatories
Press release
22/03/2018
The Nobel Laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji visits the IAC and the Teide Observatory
Press release
19/03/2018
The workshop on the James Webb Space Telescope finishes
Press release
15/03/2018
IN MEMORIAM: STEPHEN HAWKING
Press release
14/03/2018
IAC researchers will participate in the XIth Physics Students Conference at the University of La Laguna.
Press release
14/03/2018
Special issue “Women in Astronomy”
Press release
08/03/2018
Lecture on the James Webb Space Telescope at the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos
Press release
07/03/2018
Researchers have observed the heating produced in the Sun by magnetic waves
Press release
05/03/2018
GTC studies the origin of the neutrino detected in the “Ice Cube” in the South Pole
Press release
27/02/2018
CanariCam studies the polarization produced by the gas and dust around the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
Press release
20/02/2018
IAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really exist
Press release
20/02/2018
Astronomy at the Canary classrooms
Press release
16/02/2018
The members of the group which is developing the HARMONI instrument for the European supertelescope ELT meet in Tenerife.
Press release
08/02/2018
Fuerteventura se vuelca con “Descubre el Universo”
Press release
26/01/2018
La ACIISI te invita a descubrir el Universo con el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Press release
22/01/2018
CALIFA renews the classification of galaxies
Press release
11/01/2018
Galaxies that feed on other galaxies
Press release
08/01/2018
Overabundance of massive stars in the Tarantula Nebula
Press release
05/01/2018
News about Tabby’s star, the most mysterious star of 2017
Press release
03/01/2018
The Quadrantids and the first wishes of the year
Press release
02/01/2018
NEFER: a new instrument for the GTC
Press release
27/12/2017
Students of the Universidad de La Laguna discover the brightest nova inside the Andromeda Galaxy of 2017
Press release
22/12/2017
Calendario astronómico 2018
Press release
21/12/2017
IAC astronomers find one of the first stars formed in the Milky Way
Press release
19/12/2017
El instrumento CARMENES descubre su primer exoplaneta
Press release
18/12/2017
The European Research Council awards one of its prestigious "ERC Consolidator Grants" to IAC researcher Elena Khomenko
Press release
14/12/2017
El magnetismo de los agujeros negros es sorprendentemente débil
Press release
07/12/2017
Gemínidas 2017, la lluvia de Navidad
Press release
07/12/2017
First light of ESPRESSO: a new generation of hunters for Earth-like planets
Press release
07/12/2017
Emission from the centre of a galaxy has a serpentine shape
Press release
04/12/2017
Noviembre, mes de la divulgación científica
Press release
04/12/2017
Cuatro senadores visitan el IAC
Press release
04/12/2017
Las Estrellas Errantes de las Nubes de Magallanes
Press release
30/11/2017
Clausurada la XXIX Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
Press release
20/11/2017
Un planeta muy “heavy”, increíblemente metálico y denso
Press release
17/11/2017
El origen de la barra de la Gran Nube de Magallanes
Press release
16/11/2017
Hallan el segundo sistema planetario más cercano a la Tierra
Press release
15/11/2017
La vida de una estrella en un arco iris
Press release
15/11/2017
El Comité Científico Internacional de los Observatorios de Canarias se reúne en La Palma
Press release
15/11/2017
Inaugurada una nueva Escuela de Invierno del IAC
Press release
13/11/2017
Dos galaxias muy brillantes “chocarán” a 13.000 millones de años luz
Press release
13/11/2017
El Teatro Circo de Marte despide a la élite de la Astrofísica en rayos gamma
Press release
10/11/2017
Aplicaciones del transporte radiativo a atmósferas estelares y planetarias en la Escuela de Invierno del IAC
Press release
10/11/2017
"From La Palma to the sky"
Press release
08/11/2017
Discovering the Extreme Universe in Santa Cruz de La Palma
Press release
07/11/2017
Public talk in Garafía about Extreme Universe
Press release
06/11/2017
El consorcio del CTA celebra una reunión científica en La Palma
Press release
03/11/2017
The William Herschel Telescope in La Palma measures the size of a stellar-mass black hole jet
Press release
30/10/2017
Rompiendo el techo de cristal
Press release
24/10/2017
La obra de teatro “El honor perdido de Henrietta Leavitt” se estrena mañana en Tacoronte
Press release
20/10/2017
Policies of gender equality in Physics, from school to a research career
Press release
20/10/2017
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias recibe el Premio Taburiente 2017
Press release
20/10/2017
Telescopes at the Canary Observatories observe the occultation of star by Triton
Press release
19/10/2017
"¿Quién fue Henrietta Leavitt?"
Press release
19/10/2017
Discovered a new family of red giant stars with an unusual chemical composition in the Milky Way
Press release
18/10/2017
The first images associated with a source of gravitational waves
Press release
16/10/2017
EL IAC presenta un proyecto de divulgación multidisciplinar para promover el interés en niñas por las vocaciones científicas y técnicas
Press release
16/10/2017