"Gracias por enseñarnos a soñar estrellas"

- Prof. Francisco Sánchez 1936-2025 -

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Francisco Sánchez, director fundador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

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  • El equipo de SPACE-Lab (Satellite Payloads for Astrophysics, Communications and Earth Observation) y LAOS (Laboratory of Advanced Optical Systems) presenta sus proyectos en la feria Space Tech Expo Europe.
    El IAC presenta sus proyectos aeropespaciales en Space Tech Expo Europe
  • Participants in the sessions of the Conceptual Design Review of the EST scientific instrument suite (SIS), held at the IACTEC and IAC facilities.
    The European Solar Telescope (EST) has successfully completed the conceptual design review of its suite of scientific instruments
  • Poster Winter School 2025
    From Photonics to Machine Learning: The XXXVI Winter School focuses on key optical technologies for astrophysics
  • John Beckman Emeritus Research Professor of the IAC
    John Beckman Emeritus Research Professor of the IAC is awarded the Prize for Research of the La Orotava Festival of Science
  • Participants at the meeting held at the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
    Spain, Slovakia and the Czech Republic take the Lead in Europe’s Next-Generation Solar Telescope
  • The EST team and the review panel during the live sessions of the Preliminary Design Review held at IACTEC (Tenerife) on October 21st–22nd, 2025.
    The European Solar Telescope (EST) passes successfully the preliminary design review of its buildings and Civil Works.
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    China-Spain astronomical collaboration on high-resolution spectroscopy 2025
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