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  • Valentín Martínez Pillet, director del IAC, y Francisco García, rector de la ULL, en la sede del IAC
    La ULL y el IAC refuerzan su colaboración institucional tras la visita del rector al centro de investigación
  • Vegetation moisture maps taken by space camera based on uncooled InGaAs technology
    The IAC patents a key technology for improving the quality of space images
  • TTT telescopes at the Teide Observatory
    The Teide Observatory hosts the presentation of the TTT telescopes
  • Imagen profunda de la galaxia gigante Malin 2
    IAC research reveals hidden structures and a turbulent past in one of the largest spiral galaxies in the Universe
  • Full moon in IR filter
    The Moon in the Canary Islands flies high this year (2025: major lunastice)
  • Laser launched from the Teide Observatory.
    IAC technology is the key to the Spanish project which will ensure the secrecy of quantum communications by satellite

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Employment

  • TWO PREDOCTORAL CONTRACTS PhD CHRONOGAL 2025 PS-2025-076
    The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for Two PhD fellowships in Astrophysics in the framework of the European Research Council Advanced Grant project “ Chronology of our Galaxy from Gaia
  • Two Postdoctoral Contracts SPEAR 2025 (PS-2025-077)
    The IAC (Tenerife) invites applications for TWO postdoctoral fellowships in Astrophysics to work on the project linked to the line of research “Exoplanets and Astrobiology” in the framework of the