About metallicity variations in the local Galactic interstellar medium
Research news
04/07/2022
The IAC once again celebrates its Astronomical Education Adventure in face-to-face format
Press release
04/07/2022
A new planet hunter starts its work
Press release
27/06/2022
Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays
Research news
22/06/2022
Gliese 486 b: a Rosetta stone for the study of exoplanets
Press release
22/06/2022
Two new rocky planets in the solar neighborhood
Press release
15/06/2022
Possible evidence of planet formation found in the Orion Nebula
Press release
09/06/2022
"Amigos del IAC" visitan el Observatorio del Teide
Photomontage
09/06/2022
Una alianza macaronésica para reducir la contaminación lumínica
Press release
09/06/2022
Beatriz Villarroel is awarded the L’Oréal-Unesco Prize for Women in Science
Press release
06/06/2022
The six-monthly meeting of the International Scientific Committee of the IAC observatories met in La Palma
Photomontage
26/05/2022
The star cluster Westerlund 1: a nursery of giant stars within the shadows
Press release
25/05/2022
The synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation history
Research news
24/05/2022
A delegation from the Commission for Regional Development of the European Parliament visited the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
24/05/2022
A new algorithm that simulates the intergalactic medium of the Universe in seconds is developed
Press release
20/05/2022
Dwarf galaxies: key laboratories for the study of dark matter
Press release
16/05/2022
A study gives accurate motions of the largest sample, to date, of galaxies in the Local Group
Photomontage
12/05/2022
The Incubator for High Technology in Astrophysics and Space at the IAC is working
Photomontage
12/05/2022
A dawn eclipse
Press release
09/05/2022
The educational programme “ Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” is starting up again
Press release
06/05/2022
Astronomers observe potential magnetic flip around a supermassive black hole
Press release
05/05/2022
Astronomers discover a “black widow” binary star system with the shortest orbital period known
Press release
04/05/2022
Astronomers discover a four-planet system with a peculiar migration process
Press release
02/05/2022
The cultural and sky landscape of the Way of Saint James
Press release
29/04/2022
Testing fundamental physics with ESPRESSO
Research news
19/04/2022
MAGIC Telescope System detects energetic nuclear blast from vampire star
Press release
14/04/2022
BBVA Foundation's president, Carlos Torres Vila, visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Photomontage
12/04/2022
IAC scientists obtain one of the most general validations of Einstein’s Principle of Equivalence
11/04/2022
The IAC and the AEMET sign a collaboration agreement
Photomontage
07/04/2022
Evidence of the impact of quasar driven outflows on recent star formation
Research news
06/04/2022
The exhibition “AstrónomAs” which gives visibility to women in Astronomy has arrrived in Tenerife
Press release
01/04/2022
The IAC presents its plan to reduce its carbon footprint by 80% to the Department of Ecological Transition
Photomontage
30/03/2022
VYACHESLAV LUKIN: “Solar observations without theoretical and computational models are like a car without wheels”
Interview
25/03/2022
Caught in the act: the winds driven by supermassive black holes directly impact star formation
Press release
21/03/2022
An ultraviolet wind in a neutron star X-ray binary transient
Research news
19/03/2022
A novel black hole mass scaling relation
Research news
17/03/2022
The IAC initiates a market survey which will strengthen La Palma’s digital connectivity
Photomontage
16/03/2022
A cold wind during the discovery outburst of a black hole
Research news
15/03/2022
Astronomers develop new method for taking the temperature of black holes
Press release
15/03/2022
Powerful warm winds discovered during a neutron star eruption
Press release
02/03/2022
Abierto el plazo de solicitudes del Plan de Acción Social 2022
General
02/03/2022
The nature of an extreme B supergiant in Cygnus
Research news
02/03/2022
The second phase of the ALISIO-1 mission, which will take the latest version of the DRAGO infrared camera into space, gets under way
Photomontage
25/02/2022
Astronomers find a black hole which rotates highly inclined to its orbit
Press release
25/02/2022
Astronomers find in the Milky Way an unusual blue supergiant star travelling at high velocity
Press release
22/02/2022
DIEGO BLAS: “We are in a golden period when the connection between theory and observations is increasingly necessary"
Interview
18/02/2022
Supermassive black holes change the central regions of galaxies
Press release
18/02/2022
IAC scientists complete an unprecedented study of the masses of over 500 clusters of galaxies
Press release
15/02/2022
A sub-Earth confirmed in the planetary system of the closest star to the Sun
Press release
10/02/2022
IAC is participating in a full programme of activities for the Day of Women and Girls in Science
Press release
09/02/2022
SHARKS survey detects more than a million invisible sources in its first data release
Press release
31/01/2022
NORBERT LANGER: "There are still many uncertainties about the evolution of massive stars"
Interview
28/01/2022
A stellar stream remnant of a globular cluster below the metallicity floor
Research news
26/01/2022
The mystery of the brightest planetary nebulae
Press release
24/01/2022
MUSE reveals different gas components in planetary nebulae
Research news
19/01/2022
2022 Astronomical Calendars
Press release
14/01/2022
Astronomers discover first supernova explosion of a Wolf-Rayet star
Press release
12/01/2022
A primitive stellar structure helps us to unravel the earliest phases of the Milky Way
Press release
05/01/2022
El mejor regalo para comenzar el año: Cuadrántidas 2022
Press release
29/12/2021
Origin of stellar prolate rotation in a cosmologically simulated faint dwarf
Research news
22/12/2021
A dwarf irregular galaxy caught in transition
Research news
22/12/2021
Astronomers find Milky Way analogue galaxy in the early universe
Press release
21/12/2021
The Visitor Centre at the Roque de los Muchachos and the Starmus Festival: two gateways to the Universe and to the recovery of La Palma
Press release
20/12/2021
Astronomers confirm the existence of a cosmic supervoid that challenges our understanding of dark energy
Press release
17/12/2021
A dense ultra-short period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star
Research news
16/12/2021
ESPRESSO puts the physical constants to the test
Press release
14/12/2021
Diana Morant presides over the Governing Council of the IAC
Press release
13/12/2021
The “last breaths” in the lives of galaxies
Press release
13/12/2021
Geminids 2021: the last wishes of the year
Press release
10/12/2021
Astronomers discover an ultra-light and super-fast sub-Earth orbiting a red dwarf
Press release
02/12/2021
Study reveals that giant planets could reach "maturity" much earlier than previously thought
Press release
02/12/2021
Successful closure of the XXXII IAC Winter School
Press release
01/12/2021
Solving the enigma of the brightest planetary nebulae
Research news
29/11/2021
Mapping the hidden magnetic field of the quiet Sun
Research news
29/11/2021
Public lecture: “Formation and evolution of the large scale structure of the Universe: clusters of galaxies”
Press release
25/11/2021
Astronomers discover ancient brown dwarf with lithium deposits intact
Press release
24/11/2021
Clusters of galaxies: features of the XXXII IAC Winter School
Press release
23/11/2021
Constraints on the dust extinction law of the Galaxy
Research news
19/11/2021
Discovery of pulsations in the nitrogen-rich PG1159 star PG 1144+005
Research news
19/11/2021
Detection of TiO and Na in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-65b
Research news
16/11/2021
Characterization of the host galaxy from gamma-ray blazars
Research news
16/11/2021
Testing the extreme acceleration mechanisms in the supermassive black holes neighborhood
Research news
16/11/2021
IAC80 telescope detects faint transit of exoplanet WASP-156b
Photomontage
15/11/2021
Magnetic turbulence hidden in the Whirlpool Galaxy
Press release
09/11/2021
The committee of experts of the US Academy of Science considers that the TMT is a priority, and maintains La Palma as a possible site
Press release
05/11/2021
Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, visits the Centre for Astrophysics in La Palma
Press release
22/10/2021
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and GRANTECAN help to show how the first galaxies were formed
Press release
21/10/2021
Vice-president Calviño anounces her support for the project to improve the connectivity of La Palma by fibre optics
Press release
19/10/2021
CCI Declaration of Solidarity with La Palma
18/10/2021
CLASP2.1: a new suborbital space mission for mapping the magnetic field of the solar chromosphere
Press release
18/10/2021
Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition
Press release
14/10/2021
Einstein’s Principle of Equivalence verified in quasars for the first time
Press release
13/10/2021
The IAC has published the book “In a certain place in the Universe….” with contributions from well-known writers, and proceeds to charity
Press release
07/10/2021
PIERO BENVENUTI: “La Palma and the Canary Islands are among the best astronomical sites in the world”.
Interview
05/10/2021
The silent beauty of the night sky
Press release
04/10/2021
Are ultra-diffuse galaxies structurally similar to low-surface-brightness galaxies?
Research news
30/09/2021
Calibrating the Rossby number, a key parameter to study the magnetic activity of stars
Research news
30/09/2021
Solving the paradox of the enigmatic solar sodium D1 line polarization
Research news
29/09/2021
The Cumbre Vieja volcano taken with the DRAGO camera from orbit
Press release
29/09/2021
IAC Statement: Volcanic eruption in La Palma
24/09/2021
Testing Einstein's equivalence principle at early cosmological epochs with quasar observations
Research news
24/09/2021
New data obtained about the biggest and one of the most complete Einstein rings
Press release
23/09/2021
The Equinox from the Basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal
Press release
21/09/2021
IAC Statement: Volcanic eruption in La Palma
20/09/2021
Measuring darkness in remote places
Press release
15/09/2021
CASIANA MUÑOZ-TUÑÓN “ If they aren’t controlled, in only a few years the satellite constellations will have a serious impact on ground-based astronomy”
Interview
14/09/2021
Dust in the central parsecs of unobscured AGN provides more challenges to the torus
Research news
04/09/2021
Anatomy of the impact of a protostellar jet in the Orion Nebula
Press release
02/09/2021
Communiqué from the IAC: Sentence about the concession of the land for the construction of the TMT to the IAC
23/08/2021
IRSOL and IAC scientists solve a complex paradox in solar physics
Press release
18/08/2021
A nonlinear damping mechanism for waves in the solar corona
Research news
17/08/2021
Allande, Historia y Patrimonio bajo las estrellas
Press release
13/08/2021
The star formation rate evolution of low-mass galaxies as seen by OTELO
Research news
13/08/2021
Now available in open access some of the lectures of the latest educational adventure of the IAC
Press release
11/08/2021
A study offers new prospects for finding life outside the Earth
Press release
05/08/2021
The Perseids 2021: the most awaited meteor shower of the summer
Press release
03/08/2021
Astronomers discover how to feed a black hole
Press release
29/07/2021
Black holes modulate star formation in neighboring galaxies
Research news
28/07/2021
Rotation found in three galaxies satellites of the Milky Way
Press release
27/07/2021
WEAVE is ready to start operating in La Palma
Press release
22/07/2021
A large tidal stream observed in the Sombrero galaxy
Press release
21/07/2021
The first light pollution laboratory in the Azores
Press release
16/07/2021
Satellite galaxies can carry on forming stars when they pass close to their parent galaxies
Press release
06/07/2021
Meeting of the Governing Committee of the Roque de los Muchachos Visitor Centre
Photomontage
29/06/2021
CHEOPS unexpectedly detects a unique exoplanet
Press release
28/06/2021
The IAC and the ULPGC renew their collaboration agreement on medical technology
Press release
23/06/2021
The DRAGO camera takes its first images of the Canaries from space
Press release
18/06/2021
The June solstice will be broadcast from Gran Canaria
Press release
17/06/2021
La Palma will host an international conference for the protection of the night sky
Press release
15/06/2021
International Prize for the Conservation of the Canary sky
Photomontage
14/06/2021
The Cabildo of La Palma, the IAC, and Starmus join forces to bring the Festival to La Palma in 2022
11/06/2021
The seventh edition of the "Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands" pays tribute to the mythical series COSMOS
Press release
09/06/2021
A study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxies
Press release
09/06/2021
The IAC passes successfully the pre-optical revision of the instrument HARMONI
Press release
08/06/2021
The origin of the first structures formed in galaxies like the Milky Way identified
Press release
07/06/2021
Curso básico de Igualdad de Género
General
04/06/2021
IACTEC: commited to technological training
Press release
03/06/2021
Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum
Press release
02/06/2021
Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
Press release
26/05/2021
Does the Milky Way move like a spinning top?
Press release
25/05/2021
The European Solar Telescope will be installed on La Palma
Press release
21/05/2021
PETeR's new online courses for teachers
Press release
14/05/2021
Plan de Acción Social 2021 - Listado provisional de solicitudes admitidas
General
12/05/2021
The Ambassador of Portugal in Spain visits the IAC headquarters
Photomontage
12/05/2021
The IAC and the ULL strengthen their research and teaching collaboration
Photomontage
06/05/2021
The natural brightness of the night sky
Press release
06/05/2021
The IAC is participating in the DALI experiment, searching for the axion, proposed component of dark matter
Press release
30/04/2021
The Eta Aquariids 2021: echos of a meteor shower to study the Solar System
Press release
28/04/2021
The DRAGO camera takes its first images from space
Press release
27/04/2021
How to improve your scientific presentations
General
22/04/2021
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
Press release
16/04/2021
Daniel Nóbrega Siverio, an IAC researcher, wins European Physical Society prize
Press release
09/04/2021
Astronomy and Landscape in the city of Caral, the oldest city in the Americas
Press release
29/03/2021
Agreement on the management of the Roque de los Muchachos Visitor Centre
Press release
26/03/2021
A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy
Research news
26/03/2021
Launch of Europe’s largest astronomy network
Press release
25/03/2021
New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales
Press release
25/03/2021
Efficient Bayesian inference of the evolving cosmic web from galaxy surveys
Research news
25/03/2021
El IAC y el CNRS firman un acuerdo para la creación del Laboratorio Franco-Español de Astrofísica de Canarias
Press release
16/03/2021
Downflowing umbral flashes as evidence of standing waves in sunspot umbrae
Research news
11/03/2021
Ideas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizations
Press release
10/03/2021
El IAC reivindica la labor de sus trabajadoras en el Día Internacional de la Mujer
Press release
08/03/2021
A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation
Research news
05/03/2021
A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
Press release
04/03/2021
Neural networks to distinguish real and simulated galaxies
Research news
03/03/2021
Mapping solar magnetic fields from the photosphere to the corona
Research news
01/03/2021
The Gran Telescopio Canarias discovers the largest cluster of galaxies known in the early universe
Press release
26/02/2021
The Secretary of State for Global Spain visits the Teide Observatory
Press release
26/02/2021
Big Data to model the evolution of the cosmic web
Press release
22/02/2021
The CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field from the photosphere up to the base of the corona
Press release
19/02/2021
Astronomers test a method for investigating cosmic inflation
Press release
17/02/2021
OMAIRA GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN: “The Canary Observatories have been essential in the advance of the study of nuclear activity in galaxies”
Interview
11/02/2021
“¿Qué querías ser cuando eras pequeña?”
Press release
11/02/2021
11th February, on-line activities to encourage scientific careers for younger girls
Press release
10/02/2021
Post-common envelope binaries as the precursors of extremely red old stars
Research news
10/02/2021
New edition of “Talk to them: Women in Astronomy”
Press release
03/02/2021
Astronomers discover a surprising system of six exoplanets which orbit rhythmically
Press release
25/01/2021
Collision of C-type Ryugu’s parent body with a rocky object
Research news
25/01/2021
Successful launch of DRAGO, IACTEC’s first infrared camera
Press release
24/01/2021
The Gran Telescopio Canarias observes Beethoven’s musical universe
Press release
14/01/2021
A challenge to models of star-formation truncation in massive galaxies
Press release
11/01/2021
Quadrantids 2021: our best wishes for the start of a new year
Press release
31/12/2020
2021 Astronomical Calendars
Press release
28/12/2020
The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: astronomical event of the year
Photomontage
23/12/2020
MUTANT, the tool in PROMISSE to characterize biological tissues at different depths
Press release
10/12/2020
An eclipse, a superconjunction, and the last meteor shower of the year: Geminids 2020
Press release
09/12/2020
The Walk of the Stars of Science is inaugurated in La Palma
Press release
06/12/2020
New techniques are developed for producing synthetic catalogues of galaxies
Press release
03/12/2020
Agreement with D-Orbit to integrate DRAGO in the ION satellite
Press release
30/11/2020
The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory serves as an inspiration to the world tourism summit which is being held on La Palma
Photomontage
30/11/2020
A mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been found
Press release
26/11/2020
A new stellar site for the formation of very heavy elements
Research news
19/11/2020
A Plague of Magnetic Spots Among the Hot Stars of Globular Clusters
Research news
18/11/2020
Colouring asteroid Bennu
Research news
17/11/2020
Astrophysical Technology for early detection of diabetic foot neuropathy
Press release
14/11/2020
The IAC renews its WiFi network platform
Press release
13/11/2020
The La Palma World Biosphere Reserve and the IAC work out a protocol to monitor and prevent invading species
Press release
09/11/2020
Aena and the IAC collaborate in the renewal of the lighting of the Tenerife South Airport
Press release
03/11/2020
The Spanish Goverment increases the budget of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias by 9 million euros
Press release
02/11/2020
Solved: the mystery of how dark matter in galaxies is distributed
Press release
28/10/2020