The Tenth Spanish Virtual Observatory School begins
From next Monday, until March 8th, 50 scientists will learn to use astronomical data archives in this meeting which will be held at the Instituto de Astrofísica...
From next Monday, June 27th until July 2nd , STARMUS, the multidisciplinary festival which brings together art, music, astrophysics and space science, will be...
Ana Rosa Mena, the Mayoress of Tegueste, on February 7th, visited the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in La Laguna, and the...
The TTT3 telescope at the Teide Observatory sees its first light
The third telescope of the Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT3) situated in the Teide Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has seen its...
The Universities of Turku (Finland) and Aarhus (Denmark) are the new owners of the NOT
The Universities of Turku (UTU) and Aarhus (AU) are the new owners of the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) situated in the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM...
The upcoming installation of EMIR and other news about instrumentation on the last day of the "Science with the GTC" conference
A telescope is an optical system which collects a lot of light and allows us to “see” objects as if they were much nearer. An astronomical instrument is a very...
The US ambassador to Spain visits the IACPHOTO NEWS
The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has visited today the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna, accompanied by the...
The VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
The scientific meeting about the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world was inaugurated today, Wednesday 12th December, in the centre of the...