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Image of an area of the Euclid Deep Field South showing several huge galactic clusters, as well as intracluster light and gravitational lensing.

The IAC contributes to more accurate mapping of the Universe through Euclid data

19 of March, 2025 - 09:55:58

The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission released its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms in combination with citizen

Artist's impression of GJ 3998 d, a super-Earth in the habitable zone of its star

IAC discovers a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf

11 of March, 2025 - 11:02:43

An international team, led by a student from Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has detected a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of GJ 3998, a nearby red dwarf located 59 ly away

La ministra de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades ha presidido este jueves en el CaixaForum el acto de reconocimiento de las Acreditaciones Severo Ochoa y María de Maeztu, que concede el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU), a través de la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), a centros y unidades de investigación de excelencia.

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, present during the formal awarding of the Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu qualification

6 of September, 2024 - 11:05

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participated, during the afternoon of September 5th, in the awarding of the qualifications Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu, offered by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) via the National Agency for Research (AEI) to centres and research units of excellence in our country. For the IAC this qualification refers to the period 2020-2024, and was received by the outgoing Director, Rafael Rebolo, who was accompanied by the Director Valentín Martínez Pillet and by the project manager Dahimar Sánchez.

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Severo Ochoa Programme

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias was awarded the accreditation and seal of Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence in the first call of the Programme in 2011. This distinction was also granted in 2016 and 2020 (until 2024), making the IAC one of only six Spanish centres to have received the seal of excellence on three consecutive occasions.