"The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons"

- Edwin Hubble –

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News

  • The Japanese ambassador visits the ORM
  • Jet blowing bubbles in the Teacup galaxy
    Discovery of relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
  • IAC Women
    The IAC moves forward in its commitment to equality
  • Neutron star
    The outburst of a neutron star reveals the nature of phenomena only observed in black holes
  • The IAC joins the Open Administration Week with visits to the La Palma Supercomputing Node
  • Sistema planetario
    CARMENES project boosts the number of known planets in the solar neighbourhood

Events

  • 09 Apr 23
    Upcoming
    Venus-Pleiades conjunction
    00:01
    23:59
  • 10 Apr 23
    Upcoming
    Mercury's maximum east elongation
    00:01
    23:59
  • 20 Apr 23
    Upcoming
    Total solar eclipse (Australia, Antarctica and Indonesia)
    03:55
    04:16
  • 02 Jun 23
    Upcoming
    CURSO: "Sostenibilidad con imágenes desde el Espacio: introducción a Sentinel Hub EO Browser para profesorado"
    Edificio IACTEC, Parque Tecnológico de La Laguna
    16:00
    17:30

Employment

Announcement IAC Director Position

Deadline: April, 1, 2023

  • Un contrato- Ingeniero/a Óptico EST-Código de Proceso Selectivo PS-2023-018

    Resolución de la Dirección del Consorcio Público Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias por la que se convoca proceso selectivo para la contratación de un Ingeniero/a, no acogido a Convenio, en la

  • One postdoctoral contract GREGOR y EST IFU 2023 (PS-2023-008)

    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on topics within the project “Implementation of actions to improve the OCAN” (Axct. EUROPEAN SOLAR TELESCOPE (EST)), led by Prof. Rafael