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News

  • Presentation of the coupon dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the IAC
    The ONCE lottery ticket celebrates the 40th anniversary of the IAC
  • Infrared spectra of the central region of five quasars observed with JWST
    James Webb infrared data reveal unexpected diversity in hidden quasars
  • Image of the moment when doctoral students Stella Tsilia and Jun-Yan Zhang (Jerry) present Pope Leo XIV with the sticker bearing the IAC logo.
    IAC doctoral students participate in the Vatican Observatory Summer School and present the Pope with a sticker bearing the Institute's logo
  • Carme Gallart and Enric Pallé, research professors at the IAC who have been awarded ERC Advanced Grants
    Two IAC projects won the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants awarded by the European Research Council
  • Rare pair of interacting dwarf galaxies observed by the CAVITY project
    The IAC participates in the study of an unusual merger of two dwarf galaxies in a cosmic void environment
  • Participants in the practical training of the EDUCADO project in the control room of the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma).
    Two nights under the stars: EDUCADO Project runs intensive observation school
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Events

  • Upcoming
    Conference
    GaiaAlerts2025: The 16th Gaia Science Alerts and ACME Time-Domain Workshop
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  • Upcoming
    Conference
    1st UNDARK Workshop: Astrophysical Probes of Dark Sectors with Radiowave Observations
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  • Upcoming
    Conference
    Brown Dwarfs Keep Their Cool: 30 years of Substellar Science
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Employment

  • Indefinite contract
    One Postdoctoral Contract Science with NEOMIR 2025 (PS-2025-050)
    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on the project linked to the line of research “Small bodies of the Solar System”. The contract is funded by the project “S2-NM-01 Science
  • Indefinite contract
    One Postdoctoral Contract PARCSEC 2025 (PS-2025-045)
    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract linked to the line of research “The central parsec of galaxies using high spatial resolution techniques” to work on the project “PARSEC
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