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  • Artistic representation of the planet Proxima b orbiting its star, Proxima Centauri. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC).
    ESPRESSO confirms the nearest exo-Earth with unprecedented precision
  • Artistic representation of the current interaction between the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy and the Milky Way. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC).
    The evolutionary history of the Milky Way determined in more detail than ever
  • Práctica guiada en el Teide para aprender a manejar el telescopio nocturno y realizar una observación astronómica. Crédito: Donovan Mclean/Enrique Mesa/IAC.
    El proyecto educativo "CosmoLAB" cumple dos años
  • RGB image of PSZ1 G158.34-47.49, one of the clusters studied, which has a spectroscopic redshift z=0.311. In the image you can see a gravitational lens arc. The photometric image was taken with ACAM/WHT; the spectroscopic data are from DOLORES/TNG.
    IAC Scientists have characterized over 200 new clusters of galaxies first detected by the Planck satellite using the telescopes on La Palma
  • Image of several of the protective screens manufactured in the Mechanical Workshop of the IAC in La Laguna. Credit: IAC.
    The IAC is designing and making material for protection against COVID-19
  • Impresión artística de la estrella HD 93396 y su planeta. Crédito: ESA.
    The CHEOPS mission, in which the IAC is participating, observes its first exoplanets
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    Un contrato predoctoral BiD4BEST 2020 / One Predoctoral contract BiD4BEST 2020 (PS-2020-006)

    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC, Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for one PhD pre-doctoral contract within the framework of the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action “Big Data

  • Fixed-term contract relating to specific scientific or technical projects
    UN/A TITULADO/A SUPERIOR, FUERA DE CONVENIO, PARA LA REALIZACIÓN DE UN PROYECTO ESPECÍFICO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA O TÉCNICA (INGENIERO/A AUTOMÁTICA Y CONTROL EST) PS-2020-002

    Resolución de la Dirección del Consorcio Público Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias por la que se convoca proceso selectivo para la contratación de un/a Titulado/a Superior, fuera de convenio, en la

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