Scientists discover the first pulsating white dwarf in an eclipsing binary system
An international research, led by scientists from the University of Sheffield and with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has...
Sextans: the smallest cannibal galaxy discovered until now
A team at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered a new case of galactic cannibalism in the neighbourhood of the Milky Way, which has...
SHARKS survey detects more than a million invisible sources in its first data release
The first data release of the SHARKS public survey, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), was provided to the astrophysical...
Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
The researchers Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros, of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Rome and Teo Muñoz-Darias, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
Sixth edition of "Talk to Them: Women in Astronomy" and other initiatives to celebrate the Day of Women and Girls in Science
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is joining in the celebrations for 11 February by taking part in more than a dozen actions aimed at promoting...
Solar physicists build a 2D model which can explain the bright points in the solar corona
A numerical experiment conducted by two researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Daniel Nöbrega Siverio and Fernando Moreno Insertis, has...
Solved the mystery of the distribution of oxygen in outer areas of the Milky Way
A team led by a researcher at the IAC and the University of La Laguna (ULL) has accurately measured the variation of oxygen abundance along the disc of our...