The SDSS Project Opens a New Window to the Sky, on the Internet Press release 01/06/2015
The GALEX/S4G UV-IR color-color diagram: catching Spiral Galaxies away from the Blue Sequence. Research news 01/01/2015
Radial variations in the stellar initial mass function of early-type galaxies. Research news 01/01/2015
Are Tornado-Like Magnetic Structures Able To Support Solar Prominence Plasma? Research news 01/01/2015
Detection of second-generation asymptotic giant branch stars in metal-poor globular clusters Research news 01/01/2015
First EURONEAR NEA discoveries from La Palma using the INT. Research news 01/01/2015
Jupiter as an Exoplanet: UV to NIR Transmission Spectrum Reveals Hazes, a Na Layer, and Possibly Stratospheric H2O-ice Clouds. Research news 01/01/2015
Evidence of the Missing Baryons in the local Universe, around halos of bright galaxies Research news 01/01/2015
The double-degenerate, super-Chandrasekhar nucleus of the planetary nebula Henize 2–428. Research news 01/01/2015
Discovery of a young planetary mass companion to the nearby M dwarf VHS J125601.92-125723.9 Research news 01/01/2015
Supernovae and their expanding blast waves during the early evolution of Galactic globular clusters Research news 01/01/2015
First evidence of the possible detection of diffuse circumstellar bands Research news 01/01/2015
The stellar initial mass function at 0.9 < z < 1.5. Research news 01/01/2015
Chromospheric polarization in the photospheric solar oxygen infrared triplet. Research news 01/01/2015
A mysterious microquasar in M81 Research news 01/01/2015
Orbital and Physical Properties of the sigma Ori Aa, Ab, B Triple System. Research news 01/01/2015
Astronomy, Architecture and Symbolism: the global project of Sneferu at Dahshur. Research news 01/01/2015
Resolving an event-horizon-scale structure around the supermassive black hole of a lensed quasar Research news 01/01/2015
Height Variation of the vector magnetic field in solar spicules Research news 01/01/2015
Más de 40 empresarios del sector de I+D conocen en Madrid las oportunidades financieras y tecnológicas de la Astrofísica en Canarias Press release 12/03/2014
Observers find two stars so close together that they will end up by merging into one very massive star Press release 11/25/2014
PHIL GREGORY: “If life on other planets has evolved in the same way as life on Earth, it is more likely that we will find dinosaurs than intelligent life” Interview 11/14/2014
JEAN-LUC STARCK: “If you don´t process it beforehand, you will never have an image of the Universe” Interview 11/14/2014
ROBERTO TROTTA: “Our understanding of the Universe does not depend on the data, but on our ability to understand them” Interview 11/13/2014
DUSTIN LANG: “In astrophysics we pay attention to the small details” Interview 11/12/2014
The GLORIA project allows internauts to use thirteen robotic telescopes distributed on three continents Press release 11/10/2014
How to make sensible electoral predictions Press release 11/10/2014
Puppet Theatre in the Museum: “Do puppets dream of the Universe?” Press release 11/10/2014
JOSÉ MIGUEL BERNARDO: “Traditional statistical methods are inefficient for the problems of modern science” Interview 11/07/2014
Gamma-ray storm in the black hole Press release 11/06/2014
The journal Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special volume of 31 articles about the cosmological results from the Planck satellite. Press release 11/05/2014
BRENDON J. BREWER: “Bayesian inference maximizes the possibility of finding the answer to certain question with a minimum of data” Interview 11/05/2014
El IAC ofrecerá a la sociedad canaria actividades divulgativas en el marco de las Semanas de la Ciencia Press release 11/04/2014
TOM LOREDO: “With Bayesian statistics we can determine the uncertainty of reality” Interview 11/04/2014
THE XXVI WINTER SCHOOL OF THE IAC IS INAUGURATED Press release 11/03/2014
STATISTICS TO STUDY THE UNIVERSE Press release 10/31/2014
“Ghost light” from dead galaxies Press release 10/30/2014
The first telescope of the SONG network is inaugurated Press release 10/27/2014
The Jesús Serra foundation and the Astrophysics Institute of the Canaries present the scientists in the programme "Visiting Researchers" Press release 10/27/2014
“Hertzsprung SONG”: a new telescope at the Teide Observatory Press release 10/24/2014
Magnetic fields which rejuvenate stars Press release 10/20/2014
Invasion of people with a passion for space optics Press release 10/10/2014
Small, but greedy black holes revealed Press release 10/08/2014
Abierta la inscripción para el concurso "NameExoWorlds" de la IAU Press release 10/06/2014
Stephen Hawking visitó hoy la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasFOTONOTICIA Press release 10/01/2014
PHOTONEW Press release 10/01/2014
El Observatorio del Teide acoge su primer Tweetup Press release 09/30/2014
THE "MAGIC" GIFT OF THE NOBEL LAUREATES Press release 09/26/2014
Meeting with three Nobel Laureates in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos, organizad by the IAC and the Cabildo of Tenerife Press release 09/25/2014
Stephen Hawking encourages the IAC in its serach for gravitational waves from the Big Bang with the QUIJOTE expermient Press release 09/24/2014
STARMUS BEGINS Press release 09/23/2014
First showing of the high definition audio-visual film "Exploring the Solar System" in the CETA-CIEMAT Planetarium Press release 09/19/2014
LIFE IS INEVITABLE News report 09/18/2014
Can science solve the mystery of existence? Press release 09/18/2014
Prestigiosos filósofos y cosmólogos visitan el Observatorio del TeideFOTONOTICIA Press release 09/16/2014
Carlo Rovelli: "En el Universo podría haber sistemas distintos a nosotros con otra flecha del tiempo, o sin tiempo" Interview 09/16/2014
Joe Silk: "Me encanta la teoría de la Inflación, pero necesitamos pruebas" Interview 09/16/2014
219 million stars: a detailed catalogue of the visible Milky Way with the Isaac Newton Telescope News report 09/16/2014
El origen del Universo, ¿una cuestión metafísica? Press release 09/13/2014
El experimento español QUIJOTE podría medir las huellas de ondas gravitacionales del Big Bang' ya a finales de 2015 News report 09/13/2014
When science and philosophy meet. Press release 09/12/2014
Real-time transmission of aurora borealis from Greenland and Iceland, with GLORIA Press release 08/20/2014
The Aurora Borealis in real time from Greenland and Iceland, with GLORIA Press release 08/18/2014
Episodic Star Formation Press release 08/13/2014
SuperMoon from TenerifePHOTONEWS Press release 08/11/2014
Blind date with the Perseids Press release 08/08/2014
Lyman Page: “The announcement about the detection of primordial B-modes was premature” Interview 07/30/2014
Llamaradas estelares: al calor de las fulguraciones News report 07/22/2014
The IAC Governing Council approves the 2014 - 2017 Strategic Plan for sustaining activities at the centre Press release 07/17/2014
Meeting of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Press release 07/16/2014
El programa “la Caixa” – Severo Ochoa beca a cinco estudiantes para cursar un doctorado en el IAC Press release 07/08/2014
El IAC recibe el premio “Pioneros.es” Press release 07/02/2014
ASTRONOMY 2.0: the IAC iniciates its official pages in the social networks Press release 07/01/2014
OBJECTIVE: the best spectroscopic census of the sky Press release 07/01/2014
The "Universidad Europea de Canarias" and the "Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias" sign an agreement to cooperate. Press release 06/23/2014
20th and 21st June, Open Days at the Teide Observatory, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Press release 06/12/2014
The prizes for the competition "Canarians under the same sky"PHOTONEWS Press release 06/06/2014
The first samples of the high definition audiovisual production “Exploring the Solar System”, for domes and planetariums, are now available Press release 06/02/2014
The winners of the competition “Canarians under the same sky” have been announced Press release 05/29/2014
Camelopardálidas: lluvia sí, pero con actividad muy bajaFOTONOTICIA Press release 05/26/2014
Camelopardálidas: ¿realmente una nueva lluvia de estrellas? Press release 05/22/2014
A brief, (but intense) pulse of magnetism News report 05/19/2014
The Director General of the European Southern Observatory visits the IAC Press release 04/30/2014
Lunar Eclipse 15 April 2014 from TenerifePHOTONEWS Press release 04/15/2014
Lunar Eclipse (15 April 2014)Release Press release 04/15/2014
Live coverage of the total eclipse of the Moon (15 April 2014)Release Press release 04/11/2014
IAC Researchers explain the “excess” of Rubidium observed in dying stars Press release 04/10/2014
15 APRIL, 2014 Total lunar eclipse in real time: GLORIA from Peru Press release 04/07/2014
SIR JOHN HOUGHTON VISITS THE IAC Press release 03/26/2014
Cómo sobrevivir a una dieta inestableCiencia con el GTC News report 02/18/2014
Three Moonwalkers join the Starmus Festival Press release 02/14/2014
José Labastida, visits the IACPHOTONEWS Press release 02/11/2014
Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes “spy” one of the youngest galaxies in the Universe Press release 02/07/2014
STARMUS 2014 - NEW IN TENERIFE AND LA PALMA Press release 01/30/2014
The GLORIA Projects introduces Personal Space, a public-domain tool for exploring the Cosmos from a laptop Press release 01/22/2014
Spanish researchers discover the first black hole orbiting a ‘spinning’ star Press release 01/15/2014
Intracluster Light at the Frontier: A2744. Research news 01/01/2014
Simultaneous optical and near-infrared linear spectropolarimetry of the earthshine. Research news 01/01/2014
Episodic star formation in a group of LAEs at z= 5.07 Research news 01/01/2014
The IACOB project: II. On the scatter of O-dwarf spectral type - effective temperature calibrations. Research news 01/01/2014
Black Hole lightning due to Particle acceleration at Subhorizon Scales. Research news 01/01/2014
Dissecting the Spitzer color-magnitude diagrams of extreme LMC AGB stars. Research news 01/01/2014
Stellar mass black holes in ultraluminous X ray sources. Research news 01/01/2014
Suppression of cooling by strong magnetic fields in white dwarf stars. Research news 01/01/2014
On the origin of stars with and without planets. Tc trends and clues to Galactic evolution. Research news 01/01/2014
Circumstellar effects on the Rubidium abundances in massive AGB stars. Research news 01/01/2014
The spectroscopic Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of Galactic massive stars. Research news 01/01/2014
A Be-type star with a black hole companion. Research news 01/01/2014
A candidate massive black hole in the low-metallicity dwarf galaxy pair Mrk 709. Research news 01/01/2014
The ratio of pattern speeds in double-barred galaxies. Research news 01/01/2014
Spectroscopic follow-up of L- and T-type proper-motion member candidates in the Pleiades. Research news 01/01/2014
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. III: The retrograde orbit of HAT-P-18b. Research news 01/01/2014
Deep spectroscopic luminosity function of Abell 85: no evidence for a steep upturn of the faint-end slope. Research news 01/01/2014
Happy New Year 2014 from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)Release Press release 12/20/2013
Battle of the Titans: Two Black Holes in ActionScience with the GTC Press release 12/19/2013
IAC astronomers discover 'The Music of the Galaxies' Press release 12/18/2013
Geminids from Teide Observatory Press release 12/17/2013
IAC astrophysicists discover a 'relic' galaxy frozen in time Press release 12/09/2013
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias joins the Visiting Researchers programme Press release 12/05/2013
ISON: Are you still alive? Press release 11/29/2013
ISON: A suicide comet? Press release 11/22/2013
Winter Schools: Press Room 2013Cosmic Magnetic Fields Press release 11/22/2013
Researchers at the IAC have discovered the fast 'fall' of two stars on black holes Press release 11/21/2013
Slooh and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) celebrate the ten year anniversary of their collaboration and extend their groundbreaking public/private partnership to 2020 Press release 11/19/2013
Magnetic fields in the Universe, the invisible elephant in the room Press release 11/11/2013
Direct coverage of the total eclipse of the Sun from KenyaRELEASE Press release 10/31/2013
Canary Islands Science Week 2013 Press release 10/30/2013
GLORIA retransmitirá, desde Kenia, el eclipse total de SolGLORIA will carry out a direct transmission of the Total Solar Eclipse from Kenya Press release 10/28/2013
Exoplanets: discover number 1000 Press release 10/23/2013
The Sun reaches the classroom in the Canary Islands Press release 10/18/2013
The GTC observes, for the first time, a main belt comet (MBC) splitted into four fragments Press release 10/17/2013
Supernovae that play hide-and-seekScience with the GTC Press release 10/16/2013
Determining the nature of the closest ever Near Earth Object Press release 09/27/2013
A nascent star illuminated by its "neighbours"PHOTONEWS Press release 09/05/2013
Real-time transmission of aurorae borealis from GreenlandRELEASE Press release 08/24/2013
Auroras boreales en directo desde Groenlandia, con GLORIA Press release 08/19/2013
Perseids 2013 Press release 08/07/2013
Rafael Rebolo the new Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Press release 08/02/2013
Board of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Press release 08/01/2013
The first data published to produce the first map of the hidden Milky Way Press release 07/31/2013
Tadeo Jones’s adventure on the GTC Press release 07/29/2013
El asteroide que quería ser cometa Press release 07/26/2013
The GLORIA Project enables internauts to opérate a telescope at the Teide Observatory Press release 07/04/2013
Observations with the VLT suggest that black holes don’t only devour cosmic dust Press release 06/26/2013
The IAC signed a cooperation agreement in archaeoastronomy Press release 06/25/2013
2013 Observatorio del Teide Open Days Image and video timelapseANNOUNCEMENT Press release 06/24/2013
Today sees the publication of ALHAMBRA-gold, the definitive catalogue for the study of the evolution of the Universe Press release 06/24/2013
2013 Open Days at the Teide Observatory Press release 06/14/2013
International meeting of cosmic-ray hunters Press release 06/13/2013
The SUNRISE solar telescope returns to the Arctic in a balloon Press release 06/12/2013
Dates of Open Days 2013 at the Teide ObservatoryANNOUNCEMENT Press release 06/07/2013
Island of Tenerife Gold Medal awarded to the Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasANNOUNCEMENT Press release 06/03/2013
Astronomers discover how 'dead' galaxies were formed in the early UniverseThe work will be published in the latest issue of 'Nature' Press release 05/22/2013
IAC researcher Valentín Martínez Pillet to lead the National Solar ObservatoryThe American institution is a leading centre for solar studies Press release 05/10/2013
A huge star factory in the early Universe challenges galaxy formation theoriesA full report on this research is published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Press release 04/17/2013
Open applications for the position of "Director of the IAC"Announcement Press release 03/11/2013
IAC researchers discovered the mysterious structure of a black hole seen edge on Press release 02/28/2013
Images of the IAC's tracking of the asteroid available online Press release 02/22/2013
The origin of the brightest stellar event in history, the supernova of 1006, ranked second most important astronomical discovery of 2012 by the magazine AstronomyIAC researcher Jonay González heads the study on the front page of 'Nature' in September. Press release 02/22/2013
The visit of 2012 DA14, the closest ever asteroid to pass the EarthIAC telescopes will participate in observations that can be followed on-line Press release 02/14/2013
Special feature: "Asteroid 2012 DA14" on the IAC webAstronomical event Press release 02/13/2013
The most complex molecules in the Universe Press release 01/25/2013
Exhibition: 'The IAC: from its origins to the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC)'Announcement Press release 01/18/2013
A Black Hole Nova Obscured by an Inner Disk Torus. Research news 01/01/2013
GTC OSIRIS z-band imaging of Y dwarfs. Research news 01/01/2013
Seismic constraints on rotation of Sun-like star and mass of exoplanet. Research news 01/01/2013
An Integral View of Fast Shocks around Supernova 1006. Research news 01/01/2013
Super Li-rich massive AGB stars. Research news 01/01/2013
NGC1277: a massive compact relic galaxy in the nearby Universe. Research news 01/01/2013
A new key to solving the mystery of the diffuse interstellar bands. Research news 01/01/2013
Far infrared detected Lyman break galaxies at z ~ 3: Dust attenuation and dust correction factors at high redshift. Research news 01/01/2013
The rotation rates of massive stars: How slow are the slow ones? Research news 01/01/2013
Very Metal-poor Stars in the Outer Galactic Bulge Found by the APOGEE Survey. Research news 01/01/2013
Bayesian Analysis of Multiple Harmonic Oscillations in the Solar Corona. Research news 01/01/2013
Expected number of massive galaxy relics in the present-day Universe. Research news 01/01/2013
The filling factor - radius relation for 58 HII regions across the disk of NGC6946. Research news 01/01/2013
Visible and near-infrared observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 during its closest approach of February 15, 2013. Research news 01/01/2013
Fast orbital decays of black hole X-ray binaries: XTE J1118+480 and A0620–00. Research news 01/01/2013
What were the first stars in the Universe like? Press release 12/11/2012
Census taken with the GTC of the biggest 'nursery' of stars observable from the northern hemisphere Press release 11/27/2012
The new research and university communications network arrives in the Canaries Press release 11/26/2012
Presentation of the new communications network for research centres and universities in the CanariesPRESS CONFERENCE Press release 11/23/2012
Puppets explain the cosmos Press release 11/21/2012
Missing link in the evolution of hypergiant stars Press release 11/19/2012
Winter Schools: Press Room 2012 Press release 11/16/2012
Videos: Interviews XXIV Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics Press release 11/16/2012
Los telescopios gamma gemelos contraatacan Press release 11/15/2012
Astronomía para todos en el programa de actividades del IAC para la Semana de la Ciencia Press release 11/09/2012
Una pareja de viejas estrellas, responsable de moldear la espectacular forma de una nebulosa planetariaLa investigación aparece publicada en el último número de ‘Science’ Press release 11/08/2012
Un eclipse total de Sol en la web Press release 11/07/2012
CanariCam penetra en el corazón de las galaxias Press release 11/06/2012
El estudio de los espejismos gravitatorios centra la XXIV edición de la Escuela de Invierno del IAC Científicos de todo el mundo acuden a Tenerife para formarse en las lentes gravitatorias Press release 11/02/2012
CALIFA: The local extragalactic universe unveiled Press release 10/31/2012
Nuevos datos del GTC para desvelar el misterio de la atmósfera de una de las ‘supertierras’ más estudiadas Press release 10/29/2012
El IAC lanza el audiovisual “El Universo en 3D” Press release 10/26/2012
El Consejo Rector del IAC configura sus comisiones Delegada y Asesora Se reúne en la sede central del IAC, en Tenerife (Canarias) Press release 10/01/2012
Descubren la causa del evento estelar más brillante de la historia, la supernova del año 1006El trabajo aparece publicado en el último número de ‘Nature’ Press release 09/26/2012
El Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) permite observar detalles antes nunca vistos de varias estrellas y enanas marrones en el cúmulo de sigma OrionisNota de prensa de CONSOLIDER-INGENIO GTC Press release 09/17/2012
Jornada “El Séptimo Programa Marco de I+D de la Unión Europea: cómo tener éxito en las convocatorias 2013Comunicado del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad Press release 09/05/2012
Observaciones con el GTC de dos enanas blancas ponen a prueba la teoría de la relatividad de Einstein Press release 08/28/2012
