La viceconsejera de Planificación Territorial y Reto Demográfico del Gobierno de Canarias, Elena Zárate Altamirano, ha visitado las instalaciones del IACTEC , en el Parque Científico y Tecnológico de las Mantecas, para conocer de primera mano el proyecto European Solar Telescope (EST). Zárate se ha reunido con el equipo promotor del EST y ha recorrido las instalaciones del centro de tecnología del IAC donde están ubicados algunos de sus laboratorios de instrumentación. En la reunión han participado, entre otros, la directora técnica del proyecto Mary Barreto, la ingeniera civil Yanira

The Solar System research group at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating in the international programme to keep a closet track of asteroid 2024 YR4. The aim is to determine its orbit with the highest possible precision before it stops being observable by ground based and satellite telescopes in April, and so improving our value of the probability that it will impact the Earth in 2032. In this context several telescopes of the Canary Observatories of the IAC are playing an outstanding role in this observing campaign: The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) at the Roque de

The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission released its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms in combination with citizen science campaigns, the Euclid Consortium scientific results include the discovery of strong gravitational lensing systems, the exploration of galaxy clusters and the cosmic web, the characterisation of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasars, studies on galaxy evolution and morphology, and the identification of numerous dwarf galaxies and transients. Spain has an important role in the Euclid