The observations made by the IAC’s first in-house satellite reflect the capacity of the technology developed by IACTEC-Space to monitor wildfires and other natural phenomena from space. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has obtained new images of the wildfires recorded in Ávila and Madrid using DRAGO-2, the short-wave infrared camera on board the ALISIO-1 satellite. The observations, processed by the IACTEC-Space team, make it possible to identify the area affected by the fire and show the potential of this technology for Earth observation and support for the monitoring of

El próximo 12 de agosto, España vivirá uno de los acontecimientos astronómicos más extraordinarios de las últimas décadas. En Canarias, el eclipse permitirá observar aproximadamente del 70 al 75 % en las Islas Canarias, ofreciendo una oportunidad excepcional para disfrutar de este fenómeno desde el archipiélago. Con motivo de este esperado evento, el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ofrece una serie de recomendaciones para ayudar a la ciudadanía a planificar su observación de forma segura, elegir las mejores localizaciones desde las que contemplarlo y disfrutar plenamente de una

A team from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has quantified for the first time the impact that the motions of binary stars can have on estimates of dark matter in some of the smallest galaxies in the universe. The study proposes a new methodology that will make it possible to obtain more precise measurements of the amount of dark matter present in these systems. The Milky Way, our galaxy, contains hundreds of billions of stars. However, dozens of much smaller galaxies orbit around it, dwarf companions that host thousands of times fewer stars and live embedded within our galaxy

El experimento, desarrollado en el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) e impulsado por un investigador del network del proyecto europeo UNDARK, recibe el respaldo de un comité internacional para construir un detector de nueva generación destinado a la búsqueda directa de materia oscura de alta frecuencia. El experimento DALI , liderado por Javier de Miguel, ha superado con éxito el Preliminary Design Review (PDR), una evaluación internacional que certifica la madurez científica y tecnológica del proyecto. Tras esta revisión, un comité independiente de expertos ha recomendado avanzar

As part of the program of initiatives that the IAC—in collaboration with the Palencia City Council and with the support of the Canary Islands Government, and as part of its NATE project—will carry out in Palencia to mark the total solar eclipse on August 12, people with visual impairments will be offered the opportunity to follow the event through the Inclusive Eclipse project of the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-ISIC). This option will be available at a designated location on the grounds of the Cristo del Otero monument. In this sound art space, anyone can enjoy the eclipse through sound