News

This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

  • Lluvia de meteoros
    La noche del 12 al 13 de agosto, el canal sky-live.tv se desplazará hasta Extremadura para retransmitir el máximo de las Perseidas 2023 desde el Centro Internacional de Innovación Deportiva en el Medio Natural “El Anillo”, además de desde los Observatorios de Canarias, como una de las actividades de divulgación del proyecto Energy Efficiency Laboratories (EELabs).
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  • Foto de grupo con los ponentes, los participantes presenciales y los participantes en modo telemático
    Under the theme "Other Worlds", this edition highlighted the latest discoveries and advances in research on extrasolar planets, the Solar System and applications of astrophysical technology in other fields, such as Earth observation from space. The AEACI 2023 focused, as on previous editions, on the practical application of these contents to STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
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  • Lunation on the Temple of Khnum
    The editorial Springer is publishing the book “Astronomy of Ancient Egypt: A Cultural Perspective” by the researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Juan Antonio Belmonte, and the egyptologist from the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) Josep Lull. The book analyzes and synthesizes the collected research during the last two hundred years about the cosmogony and the cosmovision of ancient Egypt, together with up to date research. The book will be presented in a panel discussion on Friday June 30th at 18:00 h in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos (MCC) of Tenerife, in
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  • Teide Observatory
    After a break of 4 years, on June 23rd and 24th the Teide Observatory will be celebrating its Open Days. This activity is free; its aim is to bring some knowledge of astronomy to the general public, including those people who happen to be visiting the island on those two days. To make a visit it is essential to register using a special form before June 16th. In this year’s edition the activity will be guided, and 9 points of interest will be visited, one every 20 minutes, so that the complete visit should take 3 hours, from 10:00 to 13:00 for the morning session, and from 16:00 to 19:00 for
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  • The Transient Survey Telescope (TNT) project will install a 1 metre telescope which, in a novel way, will have a wide field of view and will need high capacities of storage and digital processing. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Canary Company Light Bridges , with headquarters in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have recently signe dan agreement which establishes the terms of the cooperation between the two for the installation, setting up, and exploitation of a special telescopic installation called the Transient Survey Telescope (TST) The new telescope will be installed in
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