The members of the Comité Científico Internacional (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories met today on the island of La Palma. The ISC is the body established in the International Agreements that gave rise to the Canary Islands Observatories managed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and guarantees the effective participation of the User Institutions in decision-making regarding their use, maintenance and improvement. The meeting, held at the Hotel H10 Taburiente Playa, began with a minute's silence in memory of Professor Francisco Sánchez, founder of the IAC, whose legacy
El proyecto educativo “CosmoLab: del aula al Sistema Solar”, desarrollado por el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y financiado principalmente por el Cabildo de Tenerife, anuncia la apertura de matrícula del nuevo curso “CosmoViaje 2.0: lo que sabemos e ignoramos del Universo” en colaboración con la Consejería de Educación del Gobierno de Canarias. Esta iniciativa busca acercar la astronomía a toda la comunidad educativa de Tenerife y fomentar el conocimiento y disfrute de los excepcionales cielos y observatorios de Canarias. CosmoLab persigue promover la cultura científica en el
A study published today in Nature Astronomy , in which a researcher from the IAC has participated, outlines the discovery of an extremely rare type of binary system composed of two high mass white dwarfs. The two stars are so close together that they will eventually collide resulting in a supernova explosion which, due to its proximity to the Earth, will appear ten times brighter than the Moon. Type 1a supernovae are a class of cosmic explosion often used as "standard candles" to measure the expansion of the Universe. They occur when a white dwarf exceeds the Chandrasekhar mass - the limit
