This picture of the Periades star cluster is the fifth photograh taken with the astrograph of the Unit of Communication and Scientific Culture (UC3) of the IAC...
The star cluster Westerlund 1: a nursery of giant stars within the shadows
A scientific team led by the University of Alicante, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has produced a detailed study of the...
The structure of the famous Jet of material in M87, the brightest galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, revealed
A Master’s degree research project at the University of Barcelona (UB), carried out at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) by the student Alejandra...
The Sun reaches the classroom in the Canary Islands
The IAC has launched the SolarLab, an outreach project aiming to bring the mysteries of the Sun to secondary schools and colleges in the Canary Islands. The...
Today saw the closure in Arrecife (Lanzarote) of the IV SOLARNET Meeting "The Sun, from its interior to its outer atmosphere" at which the international...
Today saw the closure in Arrecife (Lanzarote) of the IV SOLARNET Meeting "The Sun, from its interior to its outer atmosphere" at which the international...
The SUNRISE solar telescope returns to the Arctic in a balloon
SUNRISE, a solar telescope carried on board a stratospheric balloon to study the magnetic field of the Sun, was launched today from the Esrange Space Centre...
The synchronized dance of a system of six planets is revealed
An international collaboration, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has found a system of six exoplanets orbiting a central...