The Support Team of the Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has set up a Press Room for the duration of the XVIII Canary Islands Winter...
SAMUEL TING: “If we find complete agreement with the theory, we don’t learn anything”
“I still remember the surface of the Moon seen from the Teide Observatory”. He will never forget the image: Sharp, close up, and brilliant. It was the first...
Satellite galaxies can carry on forming stars when they pass close to their parent galaxies
Historically most scientists thought that once a satellite galaxy has passed close by its higher mass parent galaxy its star formation would stop because the...
The Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos de Tenerife, belonging to the Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife, has published the book Ciencia...
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Science and Culture in the Canary Islands
The Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos de Tenerife, belonging to the Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife, has published the book Ciencia...
Science GTC 2009-2014: great science for a great telescope
The Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), with its 10.4 m of segmented primary mirror, is one of the largest and most advanced optical-infrared telescopes in the...