News

This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

  • Presentation of the coupon dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the IAC
    The ONCE is dedicating its lottery ticket for Sunday, June 29, to the 40th anniversary of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Five and a half million coupons will spread the word about this anniversary throughout Spain, featuring an image of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan), the world's largest optical-infrared telescope, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma). Since it began scientific operations in 2009, the GTC has become a symbol of the scientific and technical consolidation of the IAC and the Canary Islands Observatories (OCAN), and its
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  • Participants in the practical training of the EDUCADO project in the control room of the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma).
    The EU-funded EDUCADO project (Exploring the Deep Universe by Computational Analysis of Data from Observations) at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is organising a two-night astronomical observation school providing hands-on research training for early-stage researchers in astronomy and computer science. The program will convene 15 doctoral candidates from across Europe for an immersive, interdisciplinary learning experience. Attendees will engage in night time astronomical observations utilizing state-of-the-art telescopic instrumentation, guided data analysis workshops, and
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  • Participantes a la la segunda reunión de los grandes observatorios astronómicos de España celebrada en Granada
    Del 10 al 13 de junio, las principales instalaciones astronómicas de España se dan cita en Granada para compartir conocimientos, tecnologías y estrategias de colaboración. Bajo el lema “Promoviendo sinergias entre grandes observatorios españoles”, este encuentro reúne a cerca de un centenar de expertos en tecnología, ingeniería y gestión que trabajan en las Infraestructuras Científicas y Técnicas Singulares (ICTS) en astronomía del país. El objetivo de esta segunda edición es consolidar los vínculos creados en la primera reunión, celebrada en La Palma en 2023, y seguir avanzando en
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  • Attendees at Our Science Day 2025
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) today held the 16th edition of the ‘Our Science Day’, an annual internal event which brought together its research and technical staff at the IACTEC headquarters in La Laguna. This meeting has established itself as a space for sharing the most outstanding advances of the past year in the different areas of work of the centre, promoting collaboration, cohesion and the exchange of ideas between teams. The conference was opened by the director of the IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet, who presented an analysis of the centre's situation. The director
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  • Installation of the LST-4 camera at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
    The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), located on La Palma, has reached another important milestone with the installation of the camera of the LST-4, one of the four Large-Sized Telescopes (LST), which will be part of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), currently under construction. The installation of the camera represents the completion of the telescope assembly and marks its transition to the commissioning phase. After a thorough performance evaluation at the IACTEC building, the IAC's technological and business
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  • Image of galaxy M101 with supernova SN 2023ixf.
    A study conducted with the new WEAVE , installed on the Telescopio William Herschel (WHT) at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma), and in whose construction the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participated, has revealed clear signs of shock interaction in the Type II supernova SN 2023ixf. Almost a year after the explosion, the data obtained with WEAVE reveal complex emission features that provide new clues about the processes shaping the final stages of massive star evolution. SN 2023ixf, located in the nearby galaxy M101, is the closest Type II supernova
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