An international research team, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) shows that the satellite galaxy NGC 5195 has passed twice through the disc of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), in relatively recent times, stimulating star formation, and defining the structure of its arms. The research is published in the prestigious The Astrophysical Journal. The Whirlpool Galaxy M51, is a ”grand design” spiral galaxy: its spiral form is dominated by two well defined arms. Discovered by Charled Messier in 1771 M51 lies some 31 million light years from Earth, As it is face-on

On 25 April, Eva Villaver, research professor at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and also director of Space and Society at the Spanish Space Agency (AEE), received the Spanish Geographical Society (SGE) Research Award 2023 in Madrid. This institution, founded in 1997, has been awarding these prizes for almost a quarter of a century to the best initiatives and projects in the field of exploration, travel, adventure and scientific research. Villaver began her scientific career at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and her work was awarded the 2001-2002 prize for the best

During commissioning the Canary satellite ALISIO-1 proves its efficiency by observing phenomena in over 100 regions of the world The first Canary satellite, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), ALISIO-1, (an acronym for Advanced Land-Imaging Satellite for Infrared Observations) was launched into space on December 1st 2023 from the Vandenberg Airforce Base in California, and in only a few months has completed the commissioning phase, the verification on orbit that all its systems are working correctly. In this phase of verification the DRAGO-2 camera has been calibrated, and