Today saw the closure in Arrecife (Lanzarote) of the IV SOLARNET Meeting "The Sun, from its interior to its outer atmosphere" at which the international...
The surface of asteroid Bennu: dark, rough and dense with boulders
Between August and December 2018, during the Approach and Preliminary Survey phases of the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, a series of images and spectra of the...
The synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation history
According to the current theories of galaxy formation, these generally form as small entities that grow through fusion, collision and accretion, eventually...
The Teide Observatory opens its doors to the public on the weekend of June 21–22
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) invites the public to visit the Teide Observatory (Izaña, Tenerife) during the weekend of 21 and 22 June...
The Teide Observatory will hold its Open Days on 22nd and 23rd June
FULLY BOOKED Thank you very much for your interest in the Open Days 2024. All available places have been fully booked with the applications received. Those who...
The Tenth Spanish Virtual Observatory School begins
From next Monday, until March 8th, 50 scientists will learn to use astronomical data archives in this meeting which will be held at the Instituto de Astrofísica...
Ana Rosa Mena, the Mayoress of Tegueste, on February 7th, visited the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in La Laguna, and the...
The TTT3 telescope at the Teide Observatory sees its first light
The third telescope of the Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT3) situated in the Teide Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has seen its...
The universal variability of the stellar initial mass function probed by the TIMER survey
The universality of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) is one of the most widespread assumptions in modern Astronomy and yet, it might be flawed. While...