Almost all massive stars explode as supernovae and form a black hole or neutron star. The remnant mass and the impact of the chemical yield on subsequent star...
LST-1 and MAGIC Telescopes Shatter Distance Record for the Very High-Energy Blazar OP 313
On 11 August, the CTAO LST Collaboration and the MAGIC Collaboration released remarkable findings from observations of OP 313, the most distant very high-energy...
LST-1 telescope on La Palma detects the most distant quasar at very high energies
The first Large-Sized Telescope (LST) prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía...
On the night of 21st April we will be treated to the maximum of the Lyrids meteor shower. Just as for the other recent astronomical events we will have to see...
MACARENA GARCÍA MARÍN: “Queremos que los científicos del IAC y la comunidad europea en general utilicen el James Webb”
Durante su última visita al Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) hablamos con Macarena García Marín, una de las tres antiguas estudiantes de la...
Machine learning reveals the merging history of nearby galaxies
Research led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has used an innovative technique based on artificial intelligence to study how stars form in...
MAGIC telescopes detect the first gamma-rays burst at very high energies
This ground-breaking achievement by MAGIC provides critical new insight for understanding the physical processes at work in the most powerful cosmic explosions...