Astronomers find Earth-sized world potentially covered in volcanoes
Press release
17/05/2023
An old problem about the measurement of the chemical composition of the universe has been resolved
Press release
17/05/2023
The mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole, solved
Press release
09/05/2023
Astronomers discover tiny galaxy with extraordinary star formation in distant Universe
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18/04/2023
Does the merger of two black holes emit light? The Subaru+GTC collaboration tries to answer this question
Press release
13/04/2023
Molecules precursors to life discovered in the Perseus Cloud
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03/04/2023
Astronomers witness the birth of a cluster of galaxies from the early Universe
Press release
29/03/2023
Discovery of relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
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21/03/2023
A near-pristine star found to be binary
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13/01/2023
Astronomers find the origin of one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way
Press release
10/01/2023
The IAC sends to space its second instrument for Earth observation
Press release
04/01/2023
Hospital Universitario de Canarias and IAC make progress in the early detection of colon cancer with artificial intelligence
Press release
19/12/2022
ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the Sun
Press release
15/12/2022
James Webb Telescope reveals the possible origin of the mysterious shapes in the Southern Ring Nebula
Press release
13/12/2022
The James Webb telescope produces an unparalleled view of the ghostly light in galaxy clusters
Press release
02/12/2022
XXXIII Canary Islands Winter School - Overlaps at the Frontiers of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics
Press release
22/11/2022
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
14/10/2022
Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
Press release
13/10/2022
James Webb telescope studies organic molecules near black holes
Press release
11/10/2022
New insights into the puzzle of strong CO absorptions in massive early-type galaxies
Research news
01/10/2022
Magnetic Fields in the Solar Atmosphere
Press release
29/09/2022
The first extensive catalogue of massive stars with low metallicity
Press release
22/09/2022
Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in a relativistic jet
Research news
22/09/2022
The CLASP2.1 mission team receives a NASA award
Press release
22/09/2022
The possible detection of elusive intermediate mass black holes
Press release
21/09/2022
New source of lithium production found in the Universe
Press release
13/09/2022
A study shows that “water worlds” could be as common as Earths
Press release
08/09/2022
Preparing for the world’s biggest radio telescope
Press release
25/07/2022
An ancient brown dwarf in our cosmic neighbourhood
Press release
22/07/2022
About metallicity variations in the local Galactic interstellar medium
Research news
04/07/2022
A new planet hunter starts its work
Press release
27/06/2022
Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays
Research news
22/06/2022
Gliese 486 b: a Rosetta stone for the study of exoplanets
Press release
22/06/2022
Two new rocky planets in the solar neighborhood
Press release
15/06/2022
Possible evidence of planet formation found in the Orion Nebula
Press release
09/06/2022
Una alianza macaronésica para reducir la contaminación lumínica
Press release
09/06/2022
The star cluster Westerlund 1: a nursery of giant stars within the shadows
Press release
25/05/2022
The synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation history
Research news
24/05/2022
A new algorithm that simulates the intergalactic medium of the Universe in seconds is developed
Press release
20/05/2022
Dwarf galaxies: key laboratories for the study of dark matter
Press release
16/05/2022
Astronomers observe potential magnetic flip around a supermassive black hole
Press release
05/05/2022
Astronomers discover a “black widow” binary star system with the shortest orbital period known
Press release
04/05/2022
Astronomers discover a four-planet system with a peculiar migration process
Press release
02/05/2022
The cultural and sky landscape of the Way of Saint James
Press release
29/04/2022
Testing fundamental physics with ESPRESSO
Research news
19/04/2022
BBVA Foundation's president, Carlos Torres Vila, visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
12/04/2022
Evidence of the impact of quasar driven outflows on recent star formation
Research news
06/04/2022
Caught in the act: the winds driven by supermassive black holes directly impact star formation
Press release
21/03/2022
An ultraviolet wind in a neutron star X-ray binary transient
Research news
19/03/2022
A novel black hole mass scaling relation
Research news
17/03/2022
A cold wind during the discovery outburst of a black hole
Research news
15/03/2022
Astronomers develop new method for taking the temperature of black holes
Press release
15/03/2022
Powerful warm winds discovered during a neutron star eruption
Press release
02/03/2022
The nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus
Research news
02/03/2022
Astronomers find a black hole which rotates highly inclined to its orbit
Press release
25/02/2022
Astronomers find in the Milky Way an unusual blue supergiant star travelling at high velocity
Press release
22/02/2022
Supermassive black holes change the central regions of galaxies
Press release
18/02/2022
IAC scientists complete an unprecedented study of the masses of over 500 clusters of galaxies
Press release
15/02/2022
A sub-Earth confirmed in the planetary system of the closest star to the Sun
Press release
10/02/2022
SHARKS survey detects more than a million invisible sources in its first data release
Press release
31/01/2022
NORBERT LANGER: "There are still many uncertainties about the evolution of massive stars"
Interview
28/01/2022
A stellar stream remnant of a globular cluster below the metallicity floor
Research news
26/01/2022
The mystery of the brightest planetary nebulae
Press release
24/01/2022
MUSE reveals different gas components in planetary nebulae
Research news
19/01/2022
Astronomers discover first supernova explosion of a Wolf-Rayet star
Press release
12/01/2022
A primitive stellar structure helps us to unravel the earliest phases of the Milky Way
Press release
05/01/2022
Origin of stellar prolate rotation in a cosmologically simulated faint dwarf
Research news
22/12/2021
A dwarf irregular galaxy caught in transition
Research news
22/12/2021
Astronomers find Milky Way analogue galaxy in the early universe
Press release
21/12/2021
Astronomers confirm the existence of a cosmic supervoid that challenges our understanding of dark energy
Press release
17/12/2021
A dense ultra-short period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star
Research news
16/12/2021
ESPRESSO puts the physical constants to the test
Press release
14/12/2021
The “last breaths” in the lives of galaxies
Press release
13/12/2021
Astronomers discover an ultra-light and super-fast sub-Earth orbiting a red dwarf
Press release
02/12/2021
Study reveals that giant planets could reach "maturity" much earlier than previously thought
Press release
02/12/2021
Solving the enigma of the brightest planetary nebulae
Research news
29/11/2021
Mapping the hidden magnetic field of the quiet Sun
Research news
29/11/2021
Astronomers discover ancient brown dwarf with lithium deposits intact
Press release
24/11/2021
Constraints on the dust extinction law of the Galaxy
Research news
19/11/2021
Discovery of pulsations in the nitrogen-rich PG1159 star PG 1144+005
Research news
19/11/2021
Detection of TiO and Na in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-65b
Research news
16/11/2021
Characterization of the host galaxy from gamma-ray blazars
Research news
16/11/2021
Testing the extreme acceleration mechanisms in the supermassive black holes neighborhood
Research news
16/11/2021
Magnetic turbulence hidden in the Whirlpool Galaxy
Press release
09/11/2021
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and GRANTECAN help to show how the first galaxies were formed
Press release
21/10/2021
CLASP2.1: a new suborbital space mission for mapping the magnetic field of the solar chromosphere
Press release
18/10/2021
Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition
Press release
14/10/2021
Are ultra-diffuse galaxies structurally similar to low-surface-brightness galaxies?
Research news
30/09/2021
Calibrating the Rossby number, a key parameter to study the magnetic activity of stars
Research news
30/09/2021
Solving the paradox of the enigmatic solar sodium D1 line polarization
Research news
29/09/2021
The Cumbre Vieja volcano taken with the DRAGO camera from orbit
Press release
29/09/2021
Testing Einstein's equivalence principle at early cosmological epochs with quasar observations
Research news
24/09/2021
New data obtained about the biggest and one of the most complete Einstein rings
Press release
23/09/2021
Measuring darkness in remote places
Press release
15/09/2021
Dust in the central parsecs of unobscured AGN provides more challenges to the torus
Research news
04/09/2021
Anatomy of the impact of a protostellar jet in the Orion Nebula
Press release
02/09/2021
IRSOL and IAC scientists solve a complex paradox in solar physics
Press release
18/08/2021
A nonlinear damping mechanism for waves in the solar corona
Research news
17/08/2021
The star formation rate evolution of low-mass galaxies as seen by OTELO
Research news
13/08/2021
A study offers new prospects for finding life outside the Earth
Press release
05/08/2021
Astronomers discover how to feed a black hole
Press release
29/07/2021
Black holes modulate star formation in neighboring galaxies
Research news
28/07/2021
Rotation found in three galaxies satellites of the Milky Way
Press release
27/07/2021
WEAVE is ready to start operating in La Palma
Press release
22/07/2021
A large tidal stream observed in the Sombrero galaxy
Press release
21/07/2021
The first light pollution laboratory in the Azores
Press release
16/07/2021
Satellite galaxies can carry on forming stars when they pass close to their parent galaxies
Press release
06/07/2021
CHEOPS unexpectedly detects a unique exoplanet
Press release
28/06/2021
A study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxies
Press release
09/06/2021
The IAC passes successfully the pre-optical revision of the instrument HARMONI
Press release
08/06/2021
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
Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
Press release
26/05/2021
Does the Milky Way move like a spinning top?
Press release
25/05/2021
The natural brightness of the night sky
Press release
06/05/2021
The IAC is participating in the DALI experiment, searching for the axion, proposed component of dark matter
Press release
30/04/2021
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
Press release
16/04/2021
A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy
Research news
26/03/2021
Efficient Bayesian inference of the evolving cosmic web from galaxy surveys
Research news
25/03/2021
New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales
Press release
25/03/2021
Downflowing umbral flashes as evidence of standing waves in sunspot umbrae
Research news
11/03/2021
Ideas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizations
Press release
10/03/2021
A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation
Research news
05/03/2021
A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
Press release
04/03/2021
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
01/03/2021
Big Data to model the evolution of the cosmic web
Press release
22/02/2021
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
19/02/2021
Astronomers test a method for investigating cosmic inflation
Press release
17/02/2021
Post-common envelope binaries as the precursors of extremely red old stars
Research news
10/02/2021
Collision of C-type Ryugu’s parent body with a rocky object
Research news
25/01/2021
Astronomers discover a surprising system of six exoplanets which orbit rhythmically
Press release
25/01/2021
Successful launch of DRAGO, IACTEC’s first infrared camera
Press release
24/01/2021
A challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies
Press release
11/01/2021
An eclipse, a superconjunction, and the last meteor shower of the year: Geminids 2020
Press release
09/12/2020
New techniques are developed for producing synthetic catalogues of galaxies
Press release
03/12/2020
A new stellar site for the formation of very heavy elements
Research news
19/11/2020
A Plague of Magnetic Spots Among the Hot Stars of Globular Clusters
Research news
18/11/2020
Colouring asteroid Bennu
Research news
17/11/2020
The Spanish Goverment increases the budget of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias by 9 million euros
Press release
02/11/2020
Solved: the mystery of how dark matter in galaxies is distributed
Press release
28/10/2020
Discovery of a young forming planet around the nearby star AU Mic
Research news
27/10/2020
The Gran Telescopio Canarias finds the farthest black hole that belongs to a rare family of galaxies
Press release
27/10/2020
Touching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu
Press release
20/10/2020
The role of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the evolution of our Galaxy
Research news
19/10/2020
Cosmic amorphous dust in the interstellar medium as a possible explanation for the Anomalous Microwave Emission
Research news
13/10/2020
The puzzle of the strange galaxy made of 99.99% dark matter is solved
Press release
13/10/2020
Nailing Bennu's colors to the mast: new findings on the origin of this primitive body
Press release
09/10/2020
New measurements of the solar spectrum verify Einstein’s theory of General Relativity
Press release
08/10/2020
A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf
Research news
07/10/2020
The CHEOPS mission measures the properties of one of the hottest and most extreme extrasolar planets
Press release
29/09/2020
Large scale dynamical differences between active and non-active galaxies in the local Universe
Research news
28/09/2020
Astronomers find the first galaxy whose ultraviolet luminosity is comparable to that of a quasar
Press release
28/09/2020
Is the Large Magellanic Cloud spiral arm a stable structure?
Research news
25/09/2020
The impact of strong recombination on temperature determination in planetary nebulae
Research news
24/09/2020
The first “ultrahot Neptune” is discovered
Press release
22/09/2020
Exogeneous material found on the surface of asteroids Ryugu and Bennu
Press release
21/09/2020
TESS, Spitzer and the GTC detect a planet orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
Press release
16/09/2020
Natural darkness to preserve night-time ecosystems
Press release
15/09/2020
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
31/08/2020
Continuous infrared winds discovered during the eruption of a stellar mass black hole
Press release
27/08/2020
The phosphorus that came from the stars
Research news
06/08/2020
Stars rich in phosphorus: seeds of life in the universe
Press release
04/08/2020
Differences between the discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first time
Press release
31/07/2020
Tidally trapped pulsations in a close binary star system
Research news
14/07/2020
The structure of the famous Jet of material in M87, the brightest galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, revealed
Press release
02/07/2020
Activities for Asteroid Day
Press release
26/06/2020
A system of superearths has been detected around the brightest red dwarf in the sky
Press release
25/06/2020
A planet in the process of formation found round the nearby young star AU Mic
Press release
24/06/2020
A crucial test for astronomical spectrograph calibration with frequency combs
Research news
24/06/2020
The LST-1 telescope on La Palma detects the Crab Pulsar at very high-energy
Press release
22/06/2020
Hot stars are plagued by giant magnetic spots
Press release
01/06/2020
ESPRESSO confirms the nearest exo-Earth with unprecedented precision
Press release
26/05/2020
The evolutionary history of the Milky Way determined in more detail than ever
Press release
25/05/2020
The changing-look optical wind of the flaring X-ray transient Swift J1858.6-0814
Research news
21/05/2020
Nightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanet
Research news
20/05/2020
TESS satellite dates an ancient collision with our galaxy
Research news
20/05/2020
IAC Scientists have characterized over 200 new clusters of galaxies first detected by the Planck satellite using the telescopes on La Palma
Press release
04/05/2020
A chromospheric resonance cavity in a sunspot mapped with seismology
Research news
29/04/2020
The CHEOPS mission, in which the IAC is participating, observes its first exoplanets
Press release
16/04/2020
An ionised bubble powered by a proto-cluster at z = 6.5
Research news
08/04/2020
La Palma telescopes participate in the discovery of a young blazar produced by the merger of two galaxies
Press release
07/04/2020
Young stars found in the oldest and most massive galaxies in the Universe
Research news
23/03/2020
Scientists discover the first pulsating white dwarf in an eclipsing binary system
Press release
16/03/2020
A huge superbubble observed in an interacting galaxy
Press release
12/03/2020
Observed: an exoplanet where it rains iron
Press release
11/03/2020
Observed: an occultation of a brown dwarf by another
Press release
10/03/2020
Astronomers discover a pulsating teardrop-shaped star
Press release
09/03/2020
Astronomers discover a white dwarf formed by the merger of two stars
Press release
02/03/2020
A step forward to solve the mystery of ultra-diffuse galaxies
Press release
12/02/2020
Are ultra-diffuse galaxies Milky Way-sized?
Research news
12/02/2020
Sucessful test of new technology which should help to discover “other Earths”
Press release
11/02/2020
The extreme CNO-enhanced composition of a primitive iron-poor dwarf star
Research news
06/02/2020
Red nuggets at the center of nearby galaxies
Research news
28/01/2020
Confirming new physics in space
Research news
27/01/2020
Astronomers detect large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere of a primitive star
Press release
21/01/2020
TESS satellite dates an ancient collision with our galaxy
Press release
13/01/2020
RAFFAELLA MORGANTI: "The first image of a black hole was an important milestone for astrophysics"
Interview
27/12/2019