Memories of the universe, half a century of astrophysical research
The 50 years of doctoral theses in the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) were summarized in the 20 talks which made up the two day conference which was...
Miss Leavitt, unveiled at the University of La Laguna
A mural of Street art produced by “Sabotaje al Montaje” which pays tribute to this American astronomer was presented this morning on behalf of the University of...
Models for encouraging girls to get interested in science
The third chapter of the audiovisual series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky” is arriving at the end of the school year, when those who are...
Molecules precursors to life discovered in the Perseus Cloud
A study led by the researcher Susana Iglesias of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has detected the presence of large quantities of complex organic...
More than 80 participants from the whole world will attend the IAC Winter School on Big Data
This annual meeting for young researchers- doctoral students and postdocs- will be dedicated to the analysis of big data bases in Astronomy. It is taking place...
MuSCAT2 to find Earth-like habitable planets in the TESS era
A Japan-Spain international collaboration team has developed a powerful 4-color simultaneous camera named MuSCAT2 on the 1.52m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez in the...
MUTANT, the tool in PROMISSE to characterize biological tissues at different depths
The programme of IACTEC-Medical Technology of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has developed a multifrequency microwave system called PROMISSE...
Nailing Bennu's colors to the mast: new findings on the origin of this primitive body
Science magazine, in a special collection on asteroid Bennu, has published the results of the analysis of photometric-spectrum color variations on the surface...