On 10 and 11 June, the IACTEC facilities – the technology transfer and business collaboration hub of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) – will host the meeting of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Science Programme Committee (SPC), the body responsible for deciding how funds allocated to ESA’s science programme should be managed and for what purposes. The meeting in Tenerife brings together representatives from the 23 ESA member states and specialists involved in the planning, selection and monitoring of the scientific projects that will shape European space science in the

The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is organising the 37th Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, which will take place in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife) from 16 to 27 November 2026. This edition will focus on the study of massive stars as tools for understanding processes ranging from star formation to gravitational wave events and core-collapse supernovae. The training programme is aimed at around 75 students on advanced master’s and doctoral programmes, as well as postdoctoral researchers in the early stages of their careers. Over the course of two weeks

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has successfully completed a technological milestone of great significance: the “Redundancy of the RedIRIS Tenerife–La Palma Maritime and Terrestrial Optical Network” project. This new and robust optical communications network guarantees the continuity of the data highways for the Canary Islands’ observatories — the Teide Observatory (OT) in Tenerife and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) in La Palma — ensuring their connectivity in the event of any technical or environmental contingency. This achievement is the result of a joint