The “100 Square Moons” exhibition inaugurated in Tokyo
The Cervantes Institute in Japan plays host to this educational exhibition which brings advances in Astrophysics to society via photographs with major impact...
TMT International Observatory and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) sign agreement on hosting the Thirty Meter Telescope in La Palma, Spain
This Agreement sets out the commitments that will be assumed by both parties in the event that it is built at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos.
Today, in the Sicilian town of Giardini Naxos (Italy) the first meeting on Science with the EST is starting
Solar physicists from throughout Europe will be meeting this week to discuss the scientific needs of the future European Solar Telescope (EST) whose...
After more than two years without total lunar eclipses visible from Europe, next July 27 the Moon will cross the shadow of the Earth. With a totality of 102m...
Touching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu
This Tuesday October 20th at around 23.12 hr (Canary time) the NASA space probe OSIRIS-REx will make its first attempt to collect samples from the asteroid...
Tres alumnas del programa Canarias Masterclass comparten una jornada en el IAC
(In Spanish only) El pasado 13 de junio, tres estudiantes de segundo de bachillerato, pertenecientes al programa Canarias Masterclass, visitaron la sede central...
A team led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found the most precise way ever to measure the rate at which stars form in galaxies using...
Two stars so close that they are almost touching found inside a planetary nebula
The newly discovered binary system has one of the shortest orbital periods ever seen inside a planetary nebula. The findings of the study, led by the IAC and...
Two young researchers with doctorates from the IAC and ULL are proposed for the Nature Research Awards
Among the young women scientists proposed this year to receive the award, which recognizes the careers of researchers with leadership, and who promote the...