IACTEC: commited to technological training
Press release
03/06/2021
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 European Solar Telescope will be installed on La Palma
Press release
21/05/2021
PETeR's new online courses for teachers
Press release
14/05/2021
Plan de Acción Social 2021 - Listado provisional de solicitudes admitidas
General
12/05/2021
The Ambassador of Portugal in Spain visits the IAC headquarters
Photomontage
12/05/2021
The IAC and the ULL strengthen their research and teaching collaboration
Photomontage
06/05/2021
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
The Eta Aquariids 2021: echos of a meteor shower to study the Solar System
Press release
28/04/2021
The DRAGO camera takes its first images from space
Press release
27/04/2021
How to improve your scientific presentations
General
22/04/2021
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
Press release
16/04/2021
Daniel Nóbrega Siverio, an IAC researcher, wins European Physical Society prize
Press release
09/04/2021
Astronomy and Landscape in the city of Caral, the oldest city in the Americas
Press release
29/03/2021
Agreement on the management of the Roque de los Muchachos Visitor Centre
Press release
26/03/2021
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
Launch of Europe’s largest astronomy network
Press release
25/03/2021
New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales
Press release
25/03/2021
El IAC y el CNRS firman un acuerdo para la creación del Laboratorio Franco-Español de Astrofísica de Canarias
Press release
16/03/2021
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
El IAC reivindica la labor de sus trabajadoras en el Día Internacional de la Mujer
Press release
08/03/2021
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
The Gran Telescopio Canarias discovers the largest cluster of galaxies known in the early universe
Press release
26/02/2021
The Secretary of State for Global Spain visits the Teide Observatory
Press release
26/02/2021
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
OMAIRA GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN: “The Canary Observatories have been essential in the advance of the study of nuclear activity in galaxies”
Interview
11/02/2021
“¿Qué querías ser cuando eras pequeña?”
Press release
11/02/2021
Post-common envelope binaries as the precursors of extremely red old stars
Research news
10/02/2021
11th February, on-line activities to encourage scientific careers for younger girls
Press release
10/02/2021
New edition of “Talk to them: Women in Astronomy”
Press release
03/02/2021
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
The Gran Telescopio Canarias observes Beethoven’s musical universe
Press release
14/01/2021
A challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies
Press release
11/01/2021
Quadrantids 2021: our best wishes for the start of a new year
Press release
31/12/2020
2021 Astronomical Calendars
Press release
28/12/2020
The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: astronomical event of the year
Photomontage
23/12/2020
MUTANT, the tool in PROMISSE to characterize biological tissues at different depths
Press release
10/12/2020
An eclipse, a superconjunction, and the last meteor shower of the year: Geminids 2020
Press release
09/12/2020
The Walk of the Stars of Science is inaugurated in La Palma
Press release
06/12/2020
New techniques are developed for producing synthetic catalogues of galaxies
Press release
03/12/2020
Agreement with D-Orbit to integrate DRAGO in the ION satellite
Press release
30/11/2020
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
A mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been found
Press release
26/11/2020
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
Astrophysical Technology for early detection of diabetic foot neuropathy
Press release
14/11/2020
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
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
The IAC renews the data network of the Canary Observatories
Press release
23/10/2020
IACTEC develops a system which can analyze subcutaneous tissues for early detection of illnesses
Press release
21/10/2020
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
DRAGO passes its tests for launch into space
Press release
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
World experts prepare the first report for the United Nations on regulation of light pollution and mitigating the impact of satellite constellations
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
In defence of Optical Astronomy
Press release
07/10/2020
Dark and quiet skies for science and society
Press release
06/10/2020
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
The autumnal equinox from the Dolmen of Valdecaballeros
Press release
18/09/2020
Astronomy and Literature, together again in La Palma
Press release
18/09/2020
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
25th anniversary of the discovery of the first brown dwarf
Press release
14/09/2020
The IAC is collaborating again with the Spanish-American Writers’ Festival in La Palma
Press release
11/09/2020
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
Allande Stars: beyond the stars, closer to our culture
Press release
28/08/2020
Continuous infrared winds discovered during the eruption of a stellar mass black hole
Press release
27/08/2020
Obra de referencia en Exoplanetología
Press release
27/08/2020
Communiqué from the IAC about the recent fire in Garafía
Press release
25/08/2020
The phosphorus that came from the stars
Research news
06/08/2020
The Perseids 2020
Press release
05/08/2020
Stars rich in phosphorus: seeds of life in the universe
Press release
04/08/2020
Communiqué from the IAC. Telescopes of the ASTRI project
Press release
03/08/2020
Differences between the discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first time
Press release
31/07/2020
The IAC's most international astronomical adventure comes to an end
Press release
29/07/2020
Pedro Duque attends the “official opening” of IACTEC and presides over the Governing Council of the IAC
Press release
17/07/2020
The IAC has its qualification as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence renewed
Press release
16/07/2020
Tidally trapped pulsations in a close binary star system
Research news
14/07/2020
The comet NEOWISE from the Canaries
Press release
11/07/2020
MAGIC telescopes test the quantum structure of space-time
Press release
09/07/2020
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
The Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government visits the IAC
Press release
19/06/2020
Research in the Canary Island observatories, main theme of the recent meeting of their International Scientific Committee
Press release
18/06/2020
The IAC is deeply saddened by the death of the young astrophysicist Rebeca Galera
12/06/2020
The Agreement for the use of the IACTEC building has been signed
Press release
08/06/2020
The International Summer Course for teachers celebrates its sixth edition in 'online' format
Press release
08/06/2020
Hot stars are plagued by giant magnetic spots
Press release
01/06/2020
The online training by PETeR reaches 180 teachers from all over Spain
Press release
27/05/2020
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
El proyecto educativo "CosmoLAB" cumple dos años
Press release
19/05/2020
GUIDO MÜNCH: «En Marte pudo haber vida, de la que tal vez se podrían encontrar restos fósiles si buscásemos en el lugar apropiado”
Interview
11/05/2020
The astronomer Guido Münch, a great friend of the IAC, has died
Press release
11/05/2020
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 IAC is designing and making material for protection against COVID-19
Press release
27/04/2020
Lyrids 2020: wishes through the window
Press release
20/04/2020
The CHEOPS mission, in which the IAC is participating, observes its first exoplanets
Press release
16/04/2020
Investigate the Universe with robotic telescopes: new training with the PETeR project
13/04/2020
ESTE VIRUS LO PARAMOS UNIDOS
Press release
13/04/2020
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
How to see April's Supermoon from home
Press release
06/04/2020
JOSÉ LULL: "The Egyptian astronomers used to observe from the terraces of the temples and palaces"
Interview
27/03/2020
Young stars found in the oldest and most massive galaxies in the Universe
Research news
23/03/2020
Public version of PORTA, a novel 3D radiative transfer code
Press release
23/03/2020
The IAC joins the cultural and educational initiatives to help confront Covid-19 with the campaign "#IACUniversoEnCasa"
Press release
20/03/2020
Arte y Ciencia I: La fórmula del lápiz
Blog post
19/03/2020
Scientists discover the first pulsating white dwarf in an eclipsing binary system
Press release
16/03/2020
The IAC presents the video of the POLMAG project
Press release
13/03/2020
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
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the woman who discovered pulsars
Blog post
09/03/2020
The return of “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky"
Press release
09/03/2020
The March “Supermoon” will bid goodbye to winter next to the shadow of Teide
Press release
06/03/2020
EELabs: sustainable use of artificial lighting
Press release
04/03/2020
Astronomers discover a white dwarf formed by the merger of two stars
Press release
02/03/2020
The IAC will be participating in the Spanish Small Satellites International Forum 2020
Press release
21/02/2020
IAC researcher José Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa, next Secretary General of the International Astronomical Union
Interview
17/02/2020
The Japanese ambassador to Spain visits the IAC and the Canary Observatories
Press release
14/02/2020
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 Town Council of Tequeste visits the IAC
Press release
11/02/2020
New edition of "Girls who broke a glass ceiling while looking at the sky"
Press release
11/02/2020
February 11th: an unceasing commitment to equality
Press release
07/02/2020
The extreme CNO-enhanced composition of a primitive iron-poor dwarf star
Research news
06/02/2020
ROGER DAVIES: “It would be wonderful to have the TMT here in La Palma, at the Roque, and of course there would be the potential for European participation”
Interview
05/02/2020
The first one day meeting on the protection of the sky and employment opportunities has been held
29/01/2020
Red nuggets at the center of nearby galaxies
Research news
28/01/2020
Presentation of the book “Observing the Sun from Tenerife. An adventure above the sea of clouds”
Press release
28/01/2020
Confirming new physics in space
Research news
27/01/2020
La Fundación Starlight gana el Reto FiturNext 2020
Photomontage
23/01/2020
Astronomers detect large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere of a primitive star
Press release
21/01/2020
JEFFREY R. KUHN: “In our lifetime we are going to wake up some morning to the news that we have discovered life”
Interview
17/01/2020
TESS satellite dates an ancient collision with our galaxy
Press release
13/01/2020
The Report on the Socio-economic Impact of the TMT on La Palma has been presented
Press release
13/01/2020
The Quadrantid meteor shower: start the year with a good wish
Press release
02/01/2020
RAFFAELLA MORGANTI: "The first image of a black hole was an important milestone for astrophysics"
Interview
27/12/2019
Astronomical Calendar 2020
20/12/2019
Cheops, an orbiting telescope to characterize exoplanets
18/12/2019
Young stars found in the oldest and most massive galaxies in the universe
Press release
16/12/2019
Sources of light which appear and disappear observed in the sky
12/12/2019
The VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
General
12/12/2019
GEMÍNIDAS 2019: The big winter meteor shower!
12/12/2019
VI Conference on Science with the GTC
Press release
10/12/2019
Asteroid Bennu revealed as an active object by the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission
Press release
09/12/2019
Lecture "The first circumnavegation of the world. Discovering new skies, islands, and cultures"
05/12/2019
Scientists find the explanation at the high temperatures of the solar corona
Press release
02/12/2019
Winter School was finished on fluids dynamics in Astrophysics
Press release
02/12/2019
Discovery of the highest-energy photons from a gamma-ray burst by the MAGIC telescopes
Research news
02/12/2019
Discovery of a massive black hole companion to a B-type star from radial velocity measurements
Research news
30/11/2019
ENTREVISTA CON SASCHA HUSA. “Esperamos entender el origen y evolución del Universo a través de las ondas gravitacionales”
Interview
28/11/2019
Three supermassive black holes detected in interacting galaxies
28/11/2019
Astronomers discover a giant black hole that challenges current models of stellar evolution
Press release
27/11/2019
The XV Science and Innovation Weeks in the Canaries have ended
25/11/2019
Charla pública: «Ondas gravitacionales. Los sonidos del Universo»
Press release
21/11/2019
MAGIC telescopes detect the first gamma-rays burst at very high energies
Press release
20/11/2019
The number of visitors to GRANTECAN is greater than 10,000 per year and a new surround exhibit is opened
Press release
19/11/2019
The Computational Dynamics of Fluids, the main theme of the IAC Winter School
Press release
18/11/2019
A promising future for the Canary Island Observatories
Press release
15/11/2019