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- Edwin Hubble –

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News

  • Poster for the 16th Gaia Science Alerts and ACME Time-Domainel workshops
    The IAC hosts a meeting exploring the future of time-domain and multimessenger astronomy after Gaia's legacy
  • Cartel de la Noche Europea de los Investigadores e investigadoras de la Macaronesia
    El IAC participa en MacaroNight 2025 con actividades de divulgación científica para fomentar las vocaciones en astrofísica
  • Poster for the first edition of ‘Astronomy on Tap – Canary Islands’
    Astronomy on Tap arrives in Spain: first edition in the Canary Islands
  • An artist's impression of Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26.
    Gran Telescopio Canarias observations confirm that Hayabusa2's asteroid target is smaller and faster than expected
  • Poster for the second session of the science outreach series “From the sky to the thesis”
    IAC doctoral students tackle galactic archaeology and research into ‘other worlds’ at the Museum of Science and the Cosmos
  • Attendees at the Durham Advanced School on Astrophysical Simulations
    The IAC participates in an advanced school on astrophysical simulations in Durham organized by the ExGal-Twin project
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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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Employment

  • Indefinite contract
    One Postdoctoral Contract Dynamic Interactions and Exoplanets 2025 (PS-2025-072)
    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on the project linked to the line of research “Exoplanets and Astrobiology”. The contract is funded by the project “Big problems for
  • Indefinite contract
    Titulado/a Superior_Gestor/a_Espacio. PS-2025-061
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para la contratación de un/a Titulado/a Superior, fuera de Convenio, en la modalidad de contrato laboral de actividades científico-técnicas de duración indefinida y que
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