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News

  • 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 y Enric Pallé, profesores de investigación del IAC que han obtenido la ERC Advanced Grants
    Dos proyectos del IAC consiguen las prestigiosas “ERC Advanced Grants” que otorga el Consejo Europeo
  • 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
  • Dr. Holly Gilbert at the inaugural Irene Gonzalez Hernandez Solar Physics Prize Ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska.
    Holly R. Gilbert awarded the inaugural Irene González Hernández Prize in Solar Physics
  • Staff from the Tenerife II - El Rosario penitentiary centre visit the Teide Observatory
    The IAC is taking astronomy to the prisoners in the Tenerife-II prison in El Rosario
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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 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
  • Permanent (open to public)
    Ingeniero/a Software PS-2025-026
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para el ingreso, como personal laboral fijo, de un puesto de trabajo con la categoría profesional de Ingeniero/a Software, fuera convenio en el Consorcio Público Instituto
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