An international team of astronomers in the project SPECULOOS, dedicated to the search for habitable planets, with scientists participating from the Instituto...
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NewsObserved: an occultation of a brown dwarf by another
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NewsObservers measure how Andromeda’s central black hole is fed
A team of scientists led by the Observatory of Munich University and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias have obtained direct visualization of the process...
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DocumentOccultations. Teaching Unit
Occultations. Teaching Unit
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PublishingOccultations. Teaching Unit (pdf, 615kb).
Didactic unit aimed at teachers of Astronomy and Natural Sciences Workshop of ESO and Bachillerato with the aim of introducing students in the field of...
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NewsOld stars live longer than we thought
The type of stars we refer to, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, officially up to now the objects which have suffered the greatest loss of mass. But the...
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NewsOMAIRA GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN: “The Canary Observatories have been essential in the advance of the study of nuclear activity in galaxies”
For astronomers one of the biggest obstacles is the darkness of the Universe itself, above all the darkness caused by the gas and dust which surround active...
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NewsOn the magnetic nature of quiet-Sun chromospheric grains
CaII Kgrains, i.e., intermittent, short-lived (about 1 minute), periodic (2-4 minutes), pointlike chromospheric brightenings, are considered to be the...
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DocumentOn-line communications manual for researchers
The results of the research should also be open to the non-expert public. In this manual you will find the keys to communicate.
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PublishingOn-line communications manual for researchers
The results of the research should also be open to the non-expert public. In this manual you will find the keys to communicate.