The NRT (New Robotic Telescope) is a project to design and build a 4-meter telescope within five years, which from the ORM will operate in a totally autonomous...
Mapping dark sectors at the cross-roads of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics
The elusive nature of dark matter (DM), which constitutes roughly 80% of the universe's matter, is a major challenge in modern physics. Theoretical models...
Massive stars are key agents in the chemical and dynamic evolution of the Universe. The information that comes to us from early epochs of the Universe comes...
Massive stars are key agents in the chemical and dynamical evolution of the Universe. Not only for millions of years do they continously deliver radiative and...
Metrology equipment for the manufacture of large optics
The IAC has defined as a strategic objective for the coming years to have the infrastructure, equipment and human group that allows the manufacture of mirrors...
MHD MODeling and beyond: in preparation for European Solar Telescope
Solar Physics research will experience a big step forward in the next years. This progress will be founded on the contribution from recent and upcoming...
MICAL: Strategic improvements in scientific-technological infrastructures and logistical support to the canary island observatories.
MICAL consists of two main tasks: 1. Development of Instrumentation Prototypes for the European Solar Telescope, with two specific actions: a) Demonstrator of...
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has a long history in the development of electronic systems for astrophysical and spatial instrumentation. The...
Mineralogical characterization of primitive asteroids and space exploration
The scientific objective of this project is the compositional characterization of the primitive asteroids, which we will carry out through three actions: 1...