The Sun is well known for its magnetic activity, including periodic flares that rise from its surface when magnetic field lines tangle, cross or reorganise near sunspots. Flares send streams of charged particles into space. If they are directed towards Earth, these particles can disrupt satellites or cause colourful auroral displays. The EU-funded

X-ray binaries are excellent laboratories to study the physics of relativistic stars. On the one hand, they provide robust evidence for the existence of black holes (BHs), the pinnacle of extreme gravity. On the other, they allow investigations on neutron stars (NS) the densest form of matter known. In addition, accretion on matter (provided by the

The project addresses the development of solutions for High Performance Computing (HPC) supporting the adoption of applications with industrial and societal relevance for Europe on evolving HPC hardware and system software/programming environments. IAC coordinates Task 6 (Facilitation of access to scientific and technical expertise and knowledge

Contract Ramón y Cajal to develop its research work in the specific research project "Solar and Stellar Magnetism through Spectro-Polarimetry"

The "Área de Carreteras, Movilidad, Innovación y Cultura" belonging to the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, has financed the employment of IACTEC´s researchers in the programmes "Space" (Microsatellites, Teledetection, Optical Communications), "Optical Systems Advanced Fabrication" and "Medical Technology" through the IACTEC Technological Training"

The investigation of near Earth Objects (NEOs) can provide crucial information on the formation and early evolution of the solar system and is also important to constrain the asteroidal contribution to the delivery of prebiotic material (water and organic molecules) to our planet (e.g., Pierazzo and Chyba, 1999; Morbidelli et al., 2000; Saladino et