Scope: Science and Technology

  • News
    William Herschel Telescope inaugurates its new WEAVE spectrograph
    Yesterday, 30 October 2023, from the telescope itself at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, the WEAVE instrument, a powerful...
  • Publishing
    Winter School 2005 "3D spectroscopy". Special Edition
    IAC News. Special Edition. Winter School 2005 "3D spectroscopy".
  • News
    Within galaxy variations in the chemical composition are responsible for the fundamental relation
    The so-called "fundamental metallicity relation" (FMR) has been known for almost 10 years, and it states that galaxies of the same stellar mass but larger star...
  • Document
    XV WINTER SCHOOL OF ASTROPHYSICS "Payload and Mission Definition in Space Sciences"
    IAC NOTICIAS. Special edition. XV Winter School of Astrophysics "Payload and Mission Definition in Space Sciences"
    XV_Winter_School_2003.pdf
  • News
    XXXIII Canary Islands Winter School - Overlaps at the Frontiers of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics
    From 21th November till 2nd December at the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos (San Cristóbal de La Laguna), and organised by the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
  • Conference
    XXXIV Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
    The XXXIV Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), focuses on the formation and the evolution...
  • News
    Young stars found in the oldest and most massive galaxies in the universe
    Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF, Italy) have shown that massive early-type...
  • News
    Young stars found in the oldest and most massive galaxies in the Universe
    Elliptical and lenticular galaxies (collectively called early-type galaxies) are the oldest and most massive galaxies in the Universe. These galaxies were built...