El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) organiza del 13 al 16 de mayo de 2025 el taller científico From Fake News to Real Clusters: The Controversial Fate of High-z Galaxy Protoclusters (De las noticias falsas a los cúmulos reales: el destino controvertido de los protocúmulos de alto desplazamiento al rojo), que se celebra en el edificio IACTEC del Parque Tecnológico de Las Mantecas (La Laguna). Este encuentro reúne a alrededor de 30 investigadores dedicados al estudio de los protocúmulos y las estructuras a gran escala en los primeros estadios del universo. El taller se centra en los

La Oficina Técnica de Protección de los Cielos (OTPC) del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias ha jugado un papel clave en la jornada técnica, organizada por la Consejería de Transición Ecológica y Energía del Gobierno de Canarias, que se ha celebrado hoy en Santa Cruz de La Palma. Bajo el título de “Jornada sobre la Ley de Protección de la calidad astronómica en las instalaciones de alumbrado exterior en La Palma”, el encuentro ha reunido a arquitectos, ingenieros instaladores y personal técnico de las administraciones públicas y del sector empresarial para resolver dudas sobre la

The headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and its technological headquarters, IACTEC, open their doors to the public at their Open Days as part of Open Government Week 2025. This initiative, promoted by the Open Government Partnership worldwide, seeks to bring public administrations closer to citizens and promote the values of transparency, integrity, participation and accountability. The event at the IAC headquarters will take place on Monday 19 May, while the IACTEC will open its doors on Tuesday 20 May. Both days will be held in person, with two visiting hours

From Thursday, May 8th, to Friday, May 9th, the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is hosting the meeting of the Research Advisory Committee (CAI). This is the center's highest advisory body on research and analyzes its scientific and technological output. At this meeting, the director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, will present the center's main scientific and technological milestones, as well as a proposal for future lines of action. The director will also be joined by Eva Villaver, deputy director of the IAC; Romano Corradi, director of Gran Telescopio Canarias; Jonay González

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is positioning itself as one of the main partners of the Government of the Canary Islands in the Canary Islands Aerospace Strategy, presented this Wednesday by President Fernando Clavijo. The goal is to position the archipelago as a key player in a rapidly growing sector, promoting innovation, technology transfer, and the creation of high value-added jobs.

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has welcomed Donna Strickland, 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, who delivered a lecture entitled " From Nonlinear Optics to High-Intensity Laser Physics". The talk, held at the IAC Auditorium, was introduced by Garik Israelian, researcher at the center and co-founder of the Starmus Festival, an event in which Strickland participated previously in La Palma last week. During her presentation, Strickland explained in an accessible manner the fundamentals of her pioneering research on Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA), work for which she was awarded the