The LPI project will explore new frontiers in quantum astronomy from La Palma
12/05/2024
The IAC finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field
Press release
12/04/2024
Astronomers Release Massive Dataset to Accelerate AI Research in Space Science
Press release
12/02/2024
El IAC colabora con el programa África Canarias Challenge
11/28/2024
Isabel Pérez Grandes visita el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
11/28/2024
The Comité Científico Internacional (CCI) of the Observatorios de Canarias meets in La Laguna
11/22/2024
First Scientific Results from WEAVE
11/22/2024
The IAC is collaborating with NASA to detect a “baby planet” around a nearby star
11/20/2024
New DESI Results Weigh In On Gravity
Press release
11/20/2024
The universal variability of the stellar initial mass function probed by the TIMER survey
Research news
11/19/2024
First Meeting of New IAC and CTAO Directors Marks Next Phase of Collaboration
11/15/2024
The IAC designs successfully the “brain” of the PLATO space mission, the satellite which will look for “other Earths”
11/15/2024
El IAC lanza un estudio internacional sobre el pie diabético y busca personas voluntarias
Press release
11/14/2024
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias en Tenerife abre sus puertas a las visitas escolares
11/13/2024
El IAC se suma a las Semanas de la Ciencia y la Innovación de Canarias 2024
Press release
11/12/2024
Students from IES Viera and Clavijo, participants of the ESA CANSAT programme, visit the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC)
11/11/2024
The IAC contributes its experience at the 4th Technical Conference of Knowledge Transfer Offices
11/08/2024
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participa en la Feria de la Ciencia de La Orotava
Press release
11/07/2024
Mapping the Magnetic Field in the Chromosphere of Solar Active Regions
Research news
11/05/2024
Claude Nicollier tells of his experience as an astronaut at the IAC
Press release
10/31/2024
El embajador de Japón en España visita el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Press release
10/31/2024
Several Neptune-like planets discovered in a theoretically barren region
Press release
10/31/2024
El Astrofest apaga todas las luces de El Paso para disfrutar del cielo estrellado
10/30/2024
El IAC recibe este otoño a un nuevo grupo de personal investigador dentro del programa de Visitantes de Fundación Occident
Press release
10/28/2024
Jocelyn Bell, reconocida con la quinta estrella del Paseo de las Estrellas
Press release
10/25/2024
First Swiss austronaut Claudie Nicollier gives a talk on his experience at the IAC
General
10/25/2024
The IAC hosts a global meeting of the European project The Whole Sun, that aims to unravel the mysteries of the Sun
Press release
10/25/2024
Challenging the theoretically predicted mass-loss rate increase of blue supergiants in the bi-stability region of the stellar winds
Research news
10/22/2024
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias agradece el compromiso de la ciudadanía palmera con la protección de sus cielos
10/17/2024
Constraints on the in situ and ex situ stellar masses in nearby galaxies obtained with artificial intelligence
Research news
10/15/2024
The European Solar Telescope project under review by an international team of experts
Press release
10/12/2024
The IAC is participating in the first European planetary defence mission
Press release
10/09/2024
The light from quasars, a key to the measurement of the expansion of the distant universe
Press release
10/08/2024
Valentín Martínez Pillet y Antonia Varela inauguran la XXV edición de la Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
10/08/2024
The Metal-Poor Edge of the Milky Way’s Thin Disk
Research news
10/08/2024
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the KU Leuven reneu their framework of cooperation
Press release
10/07/2024
The IAC and the European Solar Telescope Fundación Canaria sign the framework agreement to promote the construction of the European Solar Telescope
Press release
10/04/2024
The IAC is organizing the ‘XXXV Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics’
Press release
10/04/2024
IAC scientists detect a ‘sub-Earth’ orbiting Barnard’s star, the nearest isolated star to the Sun
Press release
10/01/2024
Researchers from the IAC have discovered that dark matter experiences forces beyond gravity
Press release
09/20/2024
La investigadora del IAC, Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres Rodríguez, hija predilecta de Tenerife
Photomontage
09/20/2024
El Consejo Rector del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias propone a Eva Villaver Sobrino como nueva subdirectora del centro
Press release
09/19/2024
The SONG global network celebrates its first decade of scientific research with a conference in Tenerife
Press release
09/17/2024
The SONG global network is celebrating its first decade of scientific research with a conference in Tenerife.
Press release
09/17/2024
The President of the Cabildo of La Palma inaugurates the International Conference LSST@Europa 6
Press release
09/16/2024
Asteroid reflectance spectra from Gaia DR3: Near-UV in primitive asteroids
Research news
09/11/2024
La Palma welcomes the Conference LSST@Europe 6, a front-line initiative in the exploration of the Universe
Press release
09/11/2024
The IAC will advise Puertos Canarios to reduce light pollution from their installations
Press release
09/09/2024
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, present during the formal awarding of the Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu qualification
Photomontage
09/06/2024
Regions where extremely young stars are forming have been found in very old galaxies
Press release
09/05/2024
The Solar System Group at the IAC discovers a new asteroid near the Earth
Press release
09/03/2024
The IAC hosts the second Solar MHD conference, an international meeting of experts in solar physics
Photomontage
09/03/2024
The IAC brings the universe closer to the participants at the TLP Tenerife
Photomontage
08/30/2024
Saharawi children enjoyed a cosmic day in Tenerife
Photomontage
08/28/2024
The IAC brings astronomy to the PHE Festival
Photomontage
08/22/2024
The IAC develops its first photonic chip for the astrophysical instrumentation
Press release
08/20/2024
The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory holds a new meeting with its neighbours in Garafía
Photomontage
08/16/2024
Grantecan helps solve the mystery behind some of the Universe's most powerful radio bursts
Press release
08/07/2024
"Galaxy Zoo: Euclid" seeks help in classifying galaxies
Press release
08/01/2024
The origin of the brightest stars in any Galaxy lies in stellar mergers
Research news
07/31/2024
Study reveals how binary stars change their stellar dance with age
Press release
07/31/2024
The new TST telescope at the Teide Observatory celebrates its First Light
Press release
07/30/2024
A study suggests that there are galaxies which might be older than the currently accepted age of the universe
Press release
07/25/2024
The IAC is celebrating 10 years of Educational Adventure in Astronomy
Press release
07/22/2024
Machine learning reveals the merging history of nearby galaxies
Press release
07/22/2024
Eccentric exoplanet reveals how hot jupiters form
Press release
07/17/2024
Astronomers observe differences in sunrises and sunsets on a distant world
Press release
07/15/2024
Reunión del director del IAC con el presidente del Cabildo de La Palma
Photomontage
07/12/2024
The "Nuestros Alumnos y el Roque de los Muchachos" programme receives unanimous high opinions from the schools of La Palma
Photomontage
07/09/2024
IAC Researcher Ignacio Ferreras is newly elected councillor of the European Astronomical Society
Photomontage
07/08/2024
The IAC hosts the meeting of the Research Advisory Commission
Photomontage
07/08/2024
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory successfully hosts the first CTAO school
Photomontage
07/05/2024
A Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray View of the Transient Sky
Research news
07/02/2024
Valentin Martínez Pillet takes office as Director of the IAC
Press release
07/01/2024
Cientos de personas acuden a las jornadas de puertas abiertas del Observatorio del Teide
Press release
06/22/2024
The IAC aims to illuminate the dark side of the universe with the UNDARK project
Press release
06/19/2024
IAC Researcher Begoña García new coordinator of the Network of Astronomical Infrastructures
Photomontage
06/17/2024
The IAC initiates its Office for the Transfer of Knowledge
Photomontage
06/12/2024
The Teide Observatory will hold its Open Days on 22nd and 23rd June
Press release
06/10/2024
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias celebra su XV edición del Día de Nuestra Ciencia
06/07/2024
El IAC y la Fundación Occident consolidan su programa de Investigadores Visitantes
Photomontage
06/06/2024
El director de la Agencia Espacial Española, Juan Carlos Cortés, visita el IAC
Photomontage
06/05/2024
The agreement for the construction of the ANDES instrument on the ELT is signed
Press release
06/05/2024
Baryonic properties of nearby galaxies across the stellar-to-total dynamical mass relation
Research news
05/30/2024
ANTONIA VARELA: “La Medalla de Canarias me permite poner el acento en lo que importa: seguir hablando del cielo, de igualdad y de comunicar la ciencia”
Interview
05/29/2024
El IAC celebra el Día de Canarias
Photomontage
05/28/2024
The IAC moves towards becoming a global benchmark in the manufacture of optical elements
Photomontage
05/28/2024
Astronomers discover one of the closest potentially habitable exoplanets to Earth
Press release
05/23/2024
First Euclid results dazzle scientific community
Press release
05/23/2024
Astronomers discover Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting ultra-cool star
Press release
05/15/2024
Astronomers spot a giant planet that’s as light as cotton candy
Press release
05/14/2024
Evidence for inflows and outflows in the nearby black hole transient Swift J1727.8-162
Research news
05/14/2024
The IAC brings astronomy closer to the young public at the Canary Islands Mini Fairs 2024
Photomontage
05/08/2024
Researchers show that the shape of the Whirlpool galaxy has been molded by the repeated passage through its disc of a satellite galaxy
Press release
05/02/2024
Antonia Varela, Canary Islands Gold Medal 2024
Photomontage
04/29/2024
Eva Villaver, winner of the Spanish Geographical Society Research Award 2023
Photomontage
04/26/2024
The ALISIO-1 satellite shows its efficiency in following the eruptions of the Mexican volcano Popocatépetl
Press release
04/23/2024
XVII aniversario de la Declaración Starlight en Defensa del Cielo Nocturno
Photomontage
04/17/2024
An honorary prize from the American Astronomical Society remembers solar physicist Irene González Hernández
Photomontage
04/12/2024
Hydrogenated amorphous carbon grains as a carrier of unidentified IR bands in planetary nebulae
Research news
04/09/2024
The Centre for Astrophysics on La Palma is renamed “Francisco Sánchez” in honour of the founder of the IAC
Press release
04/02/2024
The mystery of the fullerenes in space explained
Press release
03/27/2024
Astronomers find evidence that blue supergiant stars can be formed by the merger of two stars
Press release
03/22/2024
Astronomers confirm a new “Trojan” asteroid that shares an orbit with Mars
Press release
03/21/2024
Teacher training at IACTEC: proyect Planet Change
General
03/13/2024
La Caixa Foundation awards 5 research grants for doctoral and post-doctoral projects at the IAC
Photomontage
03/13/2024
IAC astrophysicist Arianna Di Cintio receives the Junior Research Award at ULL's Institutional Day
Photomontage
03/12/2024
El IAC da pasos firmes en su compromiso continuo con la Igualdad
Press release
03/07/2024
Expo at IACTEC: Clemencia Hardisson
General
03/04/2024
The Museum of Science and the Cosmos hosts the Forum of Women Scientists and Technologists of the Canary Islands
Photomontage
03/01/2024
The IAC hosts the meeting of the NEOMIR mission that will boost the early detection of asteroids.
Photomontage
02/29/2024
IAC Deputy Director Casiana Muñoz Tuñón receives the Bandera de Andalucía Award
Photomontage
02/29/2024
CARMENES exoplanet hunter scientific meeting
Photomontage
02/23/2024
Astronomers observe the effect of dark matter on the evolution of the galaxies
Press release
02/21/2024
First observations of the Canary Islands satellite ALISIO-1 from space
Press release
02/16/2024
LIOM, the IAC's technological laboratory for finding life beyond the Solar System
Press release
02/15/2024
El IAC y el Ayuntamiento de La Laguna fomentan la calidad del cielo
Photomontage
02/10/2024
Sixth edition of "Talk to Them: Women in Astronomy" and other initiatives to celebrate the Day of Women and Girls in Science
Press release
02/09/2024
The IAC hosts the annual meeting of the DALI experiment to search for dark matter
Photomontage
02/08/2024
The light pollution in Macaronesia is on the increase
Photomontage
02/07/2024
MIT Astronomy Field Camp returns to the Teide Observatory
Photomontage
01/26/2024
A novel code for exploring the magnetic field of the solar corona
Photomontage
01/25/2024
Scientific results with the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey: The anomalous microwave emission in our Galaxy and M31
Research news
01/24/2024
El Consejo Rector del IAC nombra a Valentín Martínez Pillet futuro director del centro
Press release
01/17/2024
Astronomers discover that the first galaxies had very different shapes to today's galaxies
Photomontage
01/17/2024
Astronomers make a significant advance in our knowledge of the asteroids nearest to the Earth, the Arjunas
Press release
01/16/2024
Observers measure how Andromeda’s central black hole is fed
Press release
01/15/2024
Nube, the almost invisible galaxy which challenges the dark matter model
Press release
01/09/2024
Calendario astronómico de 2024
Photomontage
01/01/2024
LST-1 telescope on La Palma detects the most distant quasar at very high energies
Press release
12/27/2023
The "Visiting Researchers" programme of the Occident Foundation strengthens the commitment to attract prestigious scientific personnel to the IAC
Photomontage
12/22/2023
New Director of the Museum of Science and Cosmos
Photomontage
12/21/2023
An asteroid is named after the Jesuit Juan Casanovas, founder of the Solar Physics group at the IAC
Photomontage
12/15/2023
Gemínidas en defensa del cielo nocturno
Press release
12/12/2023
El IAC envía al Espacio el primer satélite canario
Press release
12/01/2023
A huge stream of stars is discovered in the Coma cluster
Press release
11/30/2023
The synchronized dance of a system of six planets is revealed
Press release
11/29/2023
Closing of the IAC Winter School 2023
Photomontage
11/23/2023
Official inauguration of the educational project CosmoLab 2023-2027
Photomontage
11/22/2023
Astronomers find the key for detecting the largest structures in the early universe
Press release
11/21/2023
IACTEC and the prompt detection of a diabetic foot
Press release
11/14/2023
On the magnetic nature of quiet-Sun chromospheric grains
Research news
11/13/2023
Carmen del Puerto receives the outreach award at the Villa de La Orotava Science Fair
Photomontage
11/10/2023
US ambassador visits the IAC headquarters
Photomontage
11/09/2023
The JWST view of the barred galaxy population in the SMACS0723 galaxy cluster
Research news
11/09/2023
Public talk: The Milky Way and its impacts with other galaxies
Photomontage
11/09/2023
Discovered: the most distant barred spiral galaxy (until now)
Press release
11/08/2023
Euclid release its first images: the dazzling edge of darkness
Press release
11/07/2023
A conference celebrates 60 years in astrophysics by IAC researcher John Beckman
Photomontage
11/06/2023
The Local Group as a benchmark for Galaxy Evolution, on IAC Winter School
Press release
11/06/2023
The President of the Canary Islands Government visits the IACTEC
Photomontage
11/03/2023
Starmus premieres documentary and announces a special edition of the festival on La Palma
Photomontage
11/03/2023
Meeting in La Palma of the International Scientific Committee of the Canary Islands Observatories
Photomontage
11/02/2023
The countdown for the launch of ALISIO-1 has begun
Press release
11/02/2023
Un mapa para recuperar la noche
Photomontage
10/31/2023
William Herschel Telescope inaugurates its new WEAVE spectrograph
Photomontage
10/31/2023
A shared accretion instability for black holes and neutron stars
Research news
10/31/2023
Open clusters lose stars as they age, study finds
Press release
10/30/2023
The first meeting of the major astronomical observatories in Spain is held in La Palma
Photomontage
10/25/2023
The IAC organises the third technical conference of the Research Results Transfer Offices in the Canaries
Photomontage
10/23/2023
The Space Working Group of the EU's Competitiveness and Innovation Council gets to know the Canary Islands Observatories
Photomontage
10/23/2023
Dating stars with magnetic activity
Research news
10/19/2023
The IAC organises the CLASP2.1 space mission scientific meeting
Photomontage
10/17/2023
How far does light pollution reach?
Press release
10/16/2023
The Infrared: beyond the rainbow
Photomontage
10/11/2023
The Secretary of State for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
10/10/2023
Arranca en La Palma el congreso de la Unión Astronómica Internacional sobre las constelaciones de satélites y su impacto en el cielo nocturno
10/02/2023
Santa Cruz de La Palma will once again host the mayor international meeting for the protection of the skies
09/27/2023
The IAC hosts the presentation of the "Tenerife Declaration" to improve the distribution of research infrastructures in Europe
Photomontage
09/26/2023
Tenerife welcomes Research Infrastructures Week
Press release
09/25/2023
The impact of deep learning for the analysis of galaxy surveys
Research news
09/21/2023
The James Webb observes the first galaxies in the universe and discovers and “impostor”
Press release
09/19/2023
2023 DZ2 asteroid will not collide with Earth, study finds
Photomontage
09/15/2023
ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the Sun
Research news
09/12/2023
The densest “Neptune” ever observed
Press release
09/01/2023
Confronting fuzzy dark matter with the rotation curves of nearby dwarf irregular galaxies
Research news
09/01/2023
The relic galaxy NGC 1277 lacks dark matter
Research news
08/28/2023
Astronomy day with Saharawi children and their host families on Tenerife
Photomontage
08/25/2023
The president of the Cabildo de La Palma visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
08/25/2023
Teresa Ribera visits the Teide Observatory to assess the effects of the fire
Photomontage
08/25/2023
IAC communiqué on the Izaña Fire
Photomontage
08/21/2023
The residents of Garafía visit the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on a day of sharing
Photomontage
08/18/2023
Impressive images of the Ring Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
Photomontage
08/04/2023
La lluvia más esperada del verano
Press release
08/04/2023
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, nuevo miembro de AESEMI
Photomontage
08/02/2023
The President of the Cabildo de Tenerife and the Councillor for Innovation, Research and Development visit the IAC
Press release
08/02/2023
First test of the Euclid telescope in space.
Press release
07/31/2023
The ninth edition of the AEACI promotes astronomy education once more
Photomontage
07/28/2023
Grantecan solves an old puzzle about the brightness of galaxy discs
Press release
07/26/2023
A workshop in La Palma consolidates scientific collaboration in astronomy between Spain and China
Photomontage
07/25/2023
The CSIC and the IAC take part in the creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation
Press release
07/25/2023
Rafael Rebolo and Romano Corradi receive the 'Order of the Star of Italy'
Photomontage
07/21/2023
The puzzle of the galaxy with no dark matter
Press release
07/19/2023
Sky protection is one of the central issues on the agenda of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Photomontage
07/07/2023
The Euclid telescope takes off to explore the dark universe
Press release
06/30/2023
The group of presidents of the TSJs visit the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
06/29/2023
Temperature inhomogeneities cause the abundance discrepancy in H II regions
Research news
06/28/2023
Blue Supergiants observed in detail
Press release
06/26/2023
The definitive book about the cultural role of astronomy in ancient Egypt
Press release
06/23/2023
Massive pulsating star provides clues to calibrate stellar evolution models
Press release
06/22/2023