From 3 to 23 November, researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will bring astronomy to the public in the form of multiple activities, workshops and talks on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
On 11 August, the CTAO LST Collaboration and the MAGIC Collaboration released remarkable findings from observations of OP 313, the most distant very high-energy blazar ever recorded. The paper, published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics , presents in-depth observations conducted with the prototype Large-Sized Telescope (LST-1) and the MAGIC telescopes at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma, Spain. This comprehensive study follows the discovery of the source at very high energies by the LST-1 in December 2023, announced, at that time, via an Astronomer's Telegram (ATel)
El sistema telescópico de defensa planetaria ATLAS-Teide, instalado en el Observatorio del Teide por el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y parte de la red de telescopios ATLAS , detectó el pasado 11 de agosto a las 2:20 hora canaria un pequeño asteroide que pasó muy cerca de la Tierra tan sólo un día después, en la madrugada del 12 de agosto de 2026 (a la 1:50 hora Canaria). El objeto, designado oficialmente como 2026 PC6 por el Minor Planet Center, mide unos 10 metros, aproximadamente el tamaño de una guagua, y sobrevoló nuestro planeta pasando a tan solo 14.573 kilómetros de
We reproduce the statement issued by Robert Kirshner, Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory (TIO), regarding the decision by TIO partners not to accept the funding proposal put forward by Spain for the TMT site at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. Statement from TMT International Observatory on Spain’s Financing Proposal “Following TIO's September 18 letter to Minister Morant, we want to share more about our decision. TIO’s partners gave Spain’s financing proposal extensive and careful consideration, and ultimately were not able to accept the proposal. Therefore, TIO
