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News

  • Poster of the Open Days at the IAC and IACTEC Headquarters for Open Government Week 2025
    The IAC opens its doors to the public on the occasion of Open Government Week
  • The meeting of the Research Advisory Committee / IAC
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias hosts the meeting of the Research Advisory Committee
  • Fernándo Clavijo
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias collaborates in the new Canary Islands Aerospace Strategy
  • Donna Strickland, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2018, during the talk at the IAC Aula
    Nobel Physics Laureate Donna Strickland Visits IAC
  • Portrait of John Mather during a talk
    Nobel Prize winner in Physics John Mather will explore the enigmas of physics at the Museum of Science and the Cosmos in Tenerife
  • First images captured by the Canary satellite ALISIO-1
    The IAC presents DRAGO-3, its new infrared camera for satellite constellations
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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

  • Predocs
    PS-2025-021SIX Predoctoral Contracts Resident Astrophysics Programme
    SIX PhD FELLOWSHIPS AT IAC ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH (Ref. PS-2025-021) The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for SIX PhD fellowships in Astrophysics. The research topics pursued at the IAC
  • Indefinite contract
    One Postdoctoral Contract WEAVE-ECOS 2025 (PS-2025-007)
    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on the project linked to the line of research “Evolution of Galaxies in Clusters”. The contract is funded by the project “WEAVE
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