Last night, the 5,000 fibre-optic ‘eyes’ of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) reached a major milestone, having fully covered the area originally planned for its map of the universe. Thus, DESI’s five-year programme has concluded ahead of schedule and with far more data than expected, resulting in the largest high-resolution 3D map of the universe ever produced. This map will enable researchers to explore dark energy, which accounts for 70% of the universe and drives its accelerated expansion. By comparing how galaxies were distributed in the past with their current

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been awarded a new ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for the MELODY project, led by researcher Savita Mathur. This grant, one of the most prestigious and competitive in European science, supports established researchers with outstanding track records and highly innovative proposals, with the aim of promoting frontier research capable of opening up new avenues of knowledge. MELODY’s main objective is to study the rotation and magnetic activity of Sun-like stars in order to understand in greater detail the physical

La Palma acoge durante tres días DiploInnova, un programa de Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias organizado con la colaboración del IAC El presidente de Canarias, Fernando Clavijo, resaltó, esta mañana en el Roque de los Muchachos, en La Palma, el papel de Canarias en la resolución de los desafíos del planeta a través de la ciencia en la inauguración del programa DiploInnova , una jornada de diplomacia científica que busca posicionar a las islas en el ámbito internacional, dedicada en esta ocasión a la Astrofísica y el Espacio. Para Clavijo, la colaboración internacional en el ámbito