Fullerenes discovered in a star formation region in Perseus
A study carried out by IAC researcher Susana Iglesias-Groth has detected molecules of pure carbon in one of the nearest star formation regions to the Solar...
Fullerenes in the IC 348 star cluster of the Perseus molecular cloud
We present the detection of fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in the star-forming region IC 348 of the Perseus molecular cloud. Mid-IR vibrational transitions of C 60...
Jairo Méndez Abreu and Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres, researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), have discovered a peanut-shaped structure in...
An international team of astronomers led by Giuseppina Battaglia, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), finds signs that the outer halo...
Gliese 486 b: a Rosetta stone for the study of exoplanets
An international scientific team , with the participation of the Institutito de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has measured the mass and radius of an Earth-like...
Global Dimension and Sustainability of Research Infrastructures conference
Conference focused on analysing the sustainability of research infrastructures, their impact on the development of first level technology and their synergies...
Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). A telescope for the future
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) will be, due to its features, the largest and most advanced telescope when it comes into service in 2003. Promoted by the...
Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Agreements are signed with the University of Florida
UFRF joins the GTC project contributing 5% of the total budget. In return, it will obtain 5% percent of the observation time once the telescope is running.