A huge stream of stars is discovered in the Coma cluster
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11/30/2023
The synchronized dance of a system of six planets is revealed
Press release
11/29/2023
Astronomers find the key for detecting the largest structures in the early universe
Press release
11/21/2023
On the magnetic nature of quiet-Sun chromospheric grains
Research news
11/13/2023
The JWST view of the barred galaxy population in the SMACS0723 galaxy cluster
Research news
11/09/2023
Discovered: the most distant barred spiral galaxy (until now)
Press release
11/08/2023
Euclid release its first images: the dazzling edge of darkness
Press release
11/07/2023
A conference celebrates 60 years in astrophysics by IAC researcher John Beckman
Photomontage
11/06/2023
William Herschel Telescope inaugurates its new WEAVE spectrograph
Photomontage
10/31/2023
A shared accretion instability for black holes and neutron stars
Research news
10/31/2023
Open clusters lose stars as they age, study finds
Press release
10/30/2023
Dating stars with magnetic activity
Research news
10/19/2023
The IAC organises the CLASP2.1 space mission scientific meeting
Photomontage
10/17/2023
How far does light pollution reach?
Press release
10/16/2023
The impact of deep learning for the analysis of galaxy surveys
Research news
09/21/2023
2023 DZ2 asteroid will not collide with Earth, study finds
Photomontage
09/15/2023
ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the Sun
Research news
09/12/2023
The densest “Neptune” ever observed
Press release
09/01/2023
Confronting fuzzy dark matter with the rotation curves of nearby dwarf irregular galaxies
Research news
09/01/2023
The relic galaxy NGC 1277 lacks dark matter
Research news
08/28/2023
First test of the Euclid telescope in space.
Press release
07/31/2023
The CSIC and the IAC take part in the creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation
Press release
07/25/2023
The puzzle of the galaxy with no dark matter
Press release
07/19/2023
The Euclid telescope takes off to explore the dark universe
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06/30/2023
Temperature inhomogeneities cause the abundance discrepancy in H II regions
Research news
06/28/2023
Blue Supergiants observed in detail
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06/26/2023
Massive pulsating star provides clues to calibrate stellar evolution models
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06/22/2023
The effects of light pollution on astronomy are increasing
Press release
06/21/2023
Astronomers study the magnetic chaos of galaxies in the nearby Universe
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06/14/2023
Nearly Two Million Objects to Study Dark Energy with DESI
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06/13/2023
Evidence of water found in the atmosphere of an ultra-hot gas giant
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05/31/2023
Astronomers find Earth-sized world potentially covered in volcanoes
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05/17/2023
An old problem about the measurement of the chemical composition of the universe has been resolved
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05/17/2023
The mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole, solved
Press release
05/09/2023
Astronomers discover tiny galaxy with extraordinary star formation in distant Universe
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04/18/2023
Does the merger of two black holes emit light? The Subaru+GTC collaboration tries to answer this question
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04/13/2023
Molecules precursors to life discovered in the Perseus Cloud
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04/03/2023
Astronomers witness the birth of a cluster of galaxies from the early Universe
Press release
03/29/2023
Relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
Research news
03/21/2023
Discovery of relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
Press release
03/21/2023
A near-pristine star found to be binary
Press release
01/13/2023
Astronomers find the origin of one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way
Press release
01/10/2023
The IAC sends to space its second instrument for Earth observation
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01/04/2023
Hospital Universitario de Canarias and IAC make progress in the early detection of colon cancer with artificial intelligence
Press release
12/19/2022
ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the Sun
Press release
12/15/2022
James Webb Telescope reveals the possible origin of the mysterious shapes in the Southern Ring Nebula
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12/13/2022
The James Webb telescope produces an unparalleled view of the ghostly light in galaxy clusters
Press release
12/02/2022
XXXIII Canary Islands Winter School - Overlaps at the Frontiers of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics
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11/22/2022
The European Space Agency and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias celebrate their silver anniversary in Tenerife
Press release
11/11/2022
Unravelling coronal bright points
Research news
10/14/2022
Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
Press release
10/13/2022
James Webb telescope studies organic molecules near black holes
Press release
10/11/2022
New insights into the puzzle of strong CO absorptions in massive early-type galaxies
Research news
10/01/2022
Magnetic Fields in the Solar Atmosphere
Press release
09/29/2022
The first extensive catalogue of massive stars with low metallicity
Press release
09/22/2022
Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in a relativistic jet
Research news
09/22/2022
The CLASP2.1 mission team receives a NASA award
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09/22/2022
The possible detection of elusive intermediate mass black holes
Press release
09/21/2022
New source of lithium production found in the Universe
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09/13/2022
A study shows that “water worlds” could be as common as Earths
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09/08/2022
Preparing for the world’s biggest radio telescope
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07/25/2022
An ancient brown dwarf in our cosmic neighbourhood
Press release
07/22/2022
About metallicity variations in the local Galactic interstellar medium
Research news
07/04/2022
A new planet hunter starts its work
Press release
06/27/2022
Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays
Research news
06/22/2022
Gliese 486 b: a Rosetta stone for the study of exoplanets
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06/22/2022
Two new rocky planets in the solar neighborhood
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06/15/2022
Possible evidence of planet formation found in the Orion Nebula
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06/09/2022
Una alianza macaronésica para reducir la contaminación lumínica
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06/09/2022
The star cluster Westerlund 1: a nursery of giant stars within the shadows
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05/25/2022
The synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation history
Research news
05/24/2022
A new algorithm that simulates the intergalactic medium of the Universe in seconds is developed
Press release
05/20/2022
Dwarf galaxies: key laboratories for the study of dark matter
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05/16/2022
Astronomers observe potential magnetic flip around a supermassive black hole
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05/05/2022
Astronomers discover a “black widow” binary star system with the shortest orbital period known
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05/04/2022
Astronomers discover a four-planet system with a peculiar migration process
Press release
05/02/2022
The cultural and sky landscape of the Way of Saint James
Press release
04/29/2022
Testing fundamental physics with ESPRESSO
Research news
04/19/2022
BBVA Foundation's president, Carlos Torres Vila, visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
04/12/2022
Evidence of the impact of quasar driven outflows on recent star formation
Research news
04/06/2022
Caught in the act: the winds driven by supermassive black holes directly impact star formation
Press release
03/21/2022
An ultraviolet wind in a neutron star X-ray binary transient
Research news
03/19/2022
A novel black hole mass scaling relation
Research news
03/17/2022
A cold wind during the discovery outburst of a black hole
Research news
03/15/2022
Astronomers develop new method for taking the temperature of black holes
Press release
03/15/2022
Powerful warm winds discovered during a neutron star eruption
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03/02/2022
The nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus
Research news
03/02/2022
Astronomers find a black hole which rotates highly inclined to its orbit
Press release
02/25/2022
Astronomers find in the Milky Way an unusual blue supergiant star travelling at high velocity
Press release
02/22/2022
Supermassive black holes change the central regions of galaxies
Press release
02/18/2022
IAC scientists complete an unprecedented study of the masses of over 500 clusters of galaxies
Press release
02/15/2022
A sub-Earth confirmed in the planetary system of the closest star to the Sun
Press release
02/10/2022
SHARKS survey detects more than a million invisible sources in its first data release
Press release
01/31/2022
NORBERT LANGER: "There are still many uncertainties about the evolution of massive stars"
Interview
01/28/2022
A stellar stream remnant of a globular cluster below the metallicity floor
Research news
01/26/2022
The mystery of the brightest planetary nebulae
Press release
01/24/2022
MUSE reveals different gas components in planetary nebulae
Research news
01/19/2022
Astronomers discover first supernova explosion of a Wolf-Rayet star
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01/12/2022
A primitive stellar structure helps us to unravel the earliest phases of the Milky Way
Press release
01/05/2022
Origin of stellar prolate rotation in a cosmologically simulated faint dwarf
Research news
12/22/2021
A dwarf irregular galaxy caught in transition
Research news
12/22/2021
Astronomers find Milky Way analogue galaxy in the early universe
Press release
12/21/2021
Astronomers confirm the existence of a cosmic supervoid that challenges our understanding of dark energy
Press release
12/17/2021
A dense ultra-short period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star
Research news
12/16/2021
ESPRESSO puts the physical constants to the test
Press release
12/14/2021
The “last breaths” in the lives of galaxies
Press release
12/13/2021
Astronomers discover an ultra-light and super-fast sub-Earth orbiting a red dwarf
Press release
12/02/2021
Study reveals that giant planets could reach "maturity" much earlier than previously thought
Press release
12/02/2021
Solving the enigma of the brightest planetary nebulae
Research news
11/29/2021
Mapping the hidden magnetic field of the quiet Sun
Research news
11/29/2021
Astronomers discover ancient brown dwarf with lithium deposits intact
Press release
11/24/2021
Constraints on the dust extinction law of the Galaxy
Research news
11/19/2021
Discovery of pulsations in the nitrogen-rich PG1159 star PG 1144+005
Research news
11/19/2021
Detection of TiO and Na in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-65b
Research news
11/16/2021
Characterization of the host galaxy from gamma-ray blazars
Research news
11/16/2021
Testing the extreme acceleration mechanisms in the supermassive black holes neighborhood
Research news
11/16/2021
Magnetic turbulence hidden in the Whirlpool Galaxy
Press release
11/09/2021
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and GRANTECAN help to show how the first galaxies were formed
Press release
10/21/2021
CLASP2.1: a new suborbital space mission for mapping the magnetic field of the solar chromosphere
Press release
10/18/2021
Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition
Press release
10/14/2021
Are ultra-diffuse galaxies structurally similar to low-surface-brightness galaxies?
Research news
09/30/2021
Calibrating the Rossby number, a key parameter to study the magnetic activity of stars
Research news
09/30/2021
Solving the paradox of the enigmatic solar sodium D1 line polarization
Research news
09/29/2021
The Cumbre Vieja volcano taken with the DRAGO camera from orbit
Press release
09/29/2021
Testing Einstein's equivalence principle at early cosmological epochs with quasar observations
Research news
09/24/2021
New data obtained about the biggest and one of the most complete Einstein rings
Press release
09/23/2021
Measuring darkness in remote places
Press release
09/15/2021
Dust in the central parsecs of unobscured AGN provides more challenges to the torus
Research news
09/04/2021
Anatomy of the impact of a protostellar jet in the Orion Nebula
Press release
09/02/2021
IRSOL and IAC scientists solve a complex paradox in solar physics
Press release
08/18/2021
A nonlinear damping mechanism for waves in the solar corona
Research news
08/17/2021
The star formation rate evolution of low-mass galaxies as seen by OTELO
Research news
08/13/2021
A study offers new prospects for finding life outside the Earth
Press release
08/05/2021
Astronomers discover how to feed a black hole
Press release
07/29/2021
Black holes modulate star formation in neighboring galaxies
Research news
07/28/2021
Rotation found in three galaxies satellites of the Milky Way
Press release
07/27/2021
WEAVE is ready to start operating in La Palma
Press release
07/22/2021
A large tidal stream observed in the Sombrero galaxy
Press release
07/21/2021
The first light pollution laboratory in the Azores
Press release
07/16/2021
Satellite galaxies can carry on forming stars when they pass close to their parent galaxies
Press release
07/06/2021
CHEOPS unexpectedly detects a unique exoplanet
Press release
06/28/2021
A study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxies
Press release
06/09/2021
The IAC passes successfully the pre-optical revision of the instrument HARMONI
Press release
06/08/2021
The origin of the first structures formed in galaxies like the Milky Way identified
Press release
06/07/2021
Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum
Press release
06/02/2021
Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
Press release
05/26/2021
Does the Milky Way move like a spinning top?
Press release
05/25/2021
The natural brightness of the night sky
Press release
05/06/2021
The IAC is participating in the DALI experiment, searching for the axion, proposed component of dark matter
Press release
04/30/2021
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
Press release
04/16/2021
A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy
Research news
03/26/2021
Efficient Bayesian inference of the evolving cosmic web from galaxy surveys
Research news
03/25/2021
New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales
Press release
03/25/2021
Downflowing umbral flashes as evidence of standing waves in sunspot umbrae
Research news
03/11/2021
Ideas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizations
Press release
03/10/2021
A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation
Research news
03/05/2021
A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
Press release
03/04/2021
Neural networks to distinguish real and simulated galaxies
Research news
03/03/2021
Mapping solar magnetic fields from the photosphere to the corona
Research news
03/01/2021
Big Data to model the evolution of the cosmic web
Press release
02/22/2021
The CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field from the photosphere up to the base of the corona
Press release
02/19/2021
Astronomers test a method for investigating cosmic inflation
Press release
02/17/2021
Post-common envelope binaries as the precursors of extremely red old stars
Research news
02/10/2021
Collision of C-type Ryugu’s parent body with a rocky object
Research news
01/25/2021
Astronomers discover a surprising system of six exoplanets which orbit rhythmically
Press release
01/25/2021
Successful launch of DRAGO, IACTEC’s first infrared camera
Press release
01/24/2021
A challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies
Press release
01/11/2021
An eclipse, a superconjunction, and the last meteor shower of the year: Geminids 2020
Press release
12/09/2020
New techniques are developed for producing synthetic catalogues of galaxies
Press release
12/03/2020
A new stellar site for the formation of very heavy elements
Research news
11/19/2020
A Plague of Magnetic Spots Among the Hot Stars of Globular Clusters
Research news
11/18/2020
Colouring asteroid Bennu
Research news
11/17/2020
The Spanish Goverment increases the budget of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias by 9 million euros
Press release
11/02/2020
Solved: the mystery of how dark matter in galaxies is distributed
Press release
10/28/2020
Discovery of a young forming planet around the nearby star AU Mic
Research news
10/27/2020
The Gran Telescopio Canarias finds the farthest black hole that belongs to a rare family of galaxies
Press release
10/27/2020
Touching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu
Press release
10/20/2020
The role of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the evolution of our Galaxy
Research news
10/19/2020
Cosmic amorphous dust in the interstellar medium as a possible explanation for the Anomalous Microwave Emission
Research news
10/13/2020
The puzzle of the strange galaxy made of 99.99% dark matter is solved
Press release
10/13/2020
Nailing Bennu's colors to the mast: new findings on the origin of this primitive body
Press release
10/09/2020
New measurements of the solar spectrum verify Einstein’s theory of General Relativity
Press release
10/08/2020
A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf
Research news
10/07/2020
The CHEOPS mission measures the properties of one of the hottest and most extreme extrasolar planets
Press release
09/29/2020
Large scale dynamical differences between active and non-active galaxies in the local Universe
Research news
09/28/2020
Astronomers find the first galaxy whose ultraviolet luminosity is comparable to that of a quasar
Press release
09/28/2020
Is the Large Magellanic Cloud spiral arm a stable structure?
Research news
09/25/2020
The impact of strong recombination on temperature determination in planetary nebulae
Research news
09/24/2020
The first “ultrahot Neptune” is discovered
Press release
09/22/2020
Exogeneous material found on the surface of asteroids Ryugu and Bennu
Press release
09/21/2020
TESS, Spitzer and the GTC detect a planet orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
Press release
09/16/2020
Natural darkness to preserve night-time ecosystems
Press release
09/15/2020
The presence of resonating cavities above sunspots has been confirmed
Press release
09/09/2020
Discovery of continuous infrared winds during the outburst of a black hole
Research news
08/31/2020
Continuous infrared winds discovered during the eruption of a stellar mass black hole
Press release
08/27/2020
The phosphorus that came from the stars
Research news
08/06/2020
Stars rich in phosphorus: seeds of life in the universe
Press release
08/04/2020
Differences between the discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first time
Press release
07/31/2020
Tidally trapped pulsations in a close binary star system
Research news
07/14/2020
The structure of the famous Jet of material in M87, the brightest galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, revealed
Press release
07/02/2020