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News

  • Participants in the practical training of the EDUCADO project in the control room of the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma).
    Two nights under the stars: EDUCADO Project runs intensive observation school
  • Dr. Holly Gilbert at the inaugural Irene Gonzalez Hernandez Solar Physics Prize Ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska.
    Holly R. Gilbert awarded the inaugural Irene González Hernández Prize in Solar Physics
  • Staff from the Tenerife II - El Rosario penitentiary centre visit the Teide Observatory
    The IAC is taking astronomy to the prisoners in the Tenerife-II prison in El Rosario
  • Attendees at Our Science Day 2025
    The IAC celebrates the 16th edition of ‘Our Science Day’, an internal meeting to share scientific and technological advances
  • Cartel de las Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas en el Observatorio del Teide 2025
    The Teide Observatory opens its doors to the public on the weekend of June 21–22
  • Nine galaxies taken from over 700,000 spanning all of cosmic time, from upper left to lower right: the present day universe, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 billion years ago
    The IAC participates in the James Webb telescope's largest map of the universe
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Events

  • Upcoming
    Conference
    1st UNDARK Workshop: Astrophysical Probes of Dark Sectors with Radiowave Observations
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  • Upcoming
    Conference
    Brown Dwarfs Keep Their Cool: 30 years of Substellar Science
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  • Upcoming
    Conference
    GaiaAlerts2025: The 16th Gaia Science Alerts and ACME Time-Domain Workshop
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Employment

  • Indefinite contract
    One Postdoctoral Contract PARCSEC 2025 (PS-2025-045)
    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract linked to the line of research “The central parsec of galaxies using high spatial resolution techniques” to work on the project “PARSEC
  • Permanent (open to public)
    Ingeniero/a Software PS-2025-026
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para el ingreso, como personal laboral fijo, de un puesto de trabajo con la categoría profesional de Ingeniero/a Software, fuera convenio en el Consorcio Público Instituto
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