Astronomers solve the mystery of how quasars are ignited
An international scientific team, including the researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Cristina Ramos Almeida, Patricia Bessiere and...
Astronomers spot a giant planet that’s as light as cotton candy
An international team, led by a researcher from the University of Liège (Belgium) affiliated to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered...
Astronomers study the magnetic chaos of galaxies in the nearby Universe
International research, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), reveals that perturbations in the magnetic fields of galaxies...
Astronomers test a method for investigating cosmic inflation
A team of astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have...
Astronomers witness the birth of a cluster of galaxies from the early Universe
An international scientific team, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participates, has discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the still...
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in collaboration with the Museum of Science and the Cosmos (MCC) of Museums of Tenerife, and the Gran Telescopio...
11 Conjunction of Venus and Saturn at sunset (1.8 °). 14 Geminids (meteor shower). 22 Winter Solstice 04:19 UT. 26 Annular solar eclipse ( India, Indonesia).
11 Transit of Mercury ahead of the Sun (12:35 - 18:04 UT). 24 Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter at sunset (1.5 °). 28 Maximum elongation west of Mercury (20 °).