Left panel: map of the surface brightness of "the Antennae" in emission from ionized hydrogen. The brightest zones are the zones occupied by clusters of massive stars. Right panel: map of the expansion velocity of the bubbles detected in the Antennae, pus
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) organiza el Premio Cosmos, un proyecto educativo internacional que llega por primera vez a España desde Canarias, con la colaboración del Área STEAM de la Consejería de Educación, Formación Profesional, Actividad Física y Deportes, y el patrocinio de la Fundación CajaCanarias, así como el apoyo de la Real Academia de las Ciencias de Canarias. Con varias ediciones consolidadas en Italia, Francia y Países Bajos, el Premio Cosmos tiene como misión impulsar la cultura científica, despertar vocaciones y celebrar la mejor literatura de divulgación en
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 IAC's Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR) offers a new edition of its online teacher training entitled ‘ Investigate the Universe with Robotic Telescopes’. This activity, organised in collaboration with the STEAM area of the regional Ministry of Education of the Canary Islands Government, aims to provide knowledge and tools to incorporate astronomy in the classroom through the use of professional robotic telescopes, the analysis of scientific data and active learning methodologies. PETeR is an educational project that gives schools free access to professional telescopes
