I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night

Sarah Williams

Milky way

News

  • Eduardo L. Martín Guerrero de Escalante en el exterior de la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
    The IAC obtains an ERC grant to apply artificial intelligence to the study of substellar objects
  • Stacked GTC OSIRIS+ image of And XXXVI. And XXVI is clearly evident in-between two bright foreground stars. In the inset we show a negative colour zoom-in on And XXVI.
    The Gran Telescopio Canarias has contributed to the discovery of one of the faintest dwarf galaxies orbiting Andromeda
  • The solar corona during an eclipse in Novosibirsk (Russia)
    The Solar Corona: The Mystery Unveiled by Eclipses
  • Artist’s impression of the interaction between the star (GJ 436) and the exoplanet (GJ 436 b)
    A study reveals the strongest evidence to date of a magnetic field on an exoplanet
  • Workshop on ERC opportunities under Horizon Europe
    The IAC is organising a seminar on ERC opportunities under Horizon Europe

Events

Employment

  • IAC POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Astroparticles-MAGIC 2026
    The IAC (Tenerife) invites applications for ONE postdoctoral contract to work on the project linked to the line of research “ Particle Astrophysics”. The contract is funded by the project “IAC-MAGIC
  • Cinco Contratos-Administrativos/as_Fijo Laboral PS-2026-028
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para cubrir cinco plazas de personal laboral fijo acogido a Convenio colectivo del IAC por el sistema general de ingreso libre y que tendrá, entre otras, las siguientes