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News

  • Attendees at the conference ‘From Fake News to Real Clusters: The Controversial Fate of High-z Galaxy Protoclusters’ held at the IACTEC building in La Laguna
    International conference at the IAC explores the mysteries of the early universe
  • Conference on the Law for the protection of astronomical quality in outdoor lighting installations on La Palma, held in Santa Cruz de La Palma
    La Palma professionals receive training on lighting regulations with support from the IAC's Sky Protection Technical Office
  • Poster of the Open Days at the IAC and IACTEC Headquarters for Open Government Week 2025
    The IAC opens its doors to the public on the occasion of Open Government Week
  • The meeting of the Research Advisory Committee / IAC
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias hosts the meeting of the Research Advisory Committee
  • Fernándo Clavijo
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias collaborates in the new Canary Islands Aerospace Strategy
  • Donna Strickland, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2018, during the talk at the IAC Aula
    Nobel Physics Laureate Donna Strickland Visits IAC
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Events

  • Upcoming
    Conference
    GaiaAlerts2025: The 16th Gaia Science Alerts and ACME Time-Domain Workshop
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  • Upcoming
    Conference
    1st UNDARK Workshop: Astrophysical Probes of Dark Sectors with Radiowave Observations
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Employment

  • Training contract for the professional practice
    4 Técnicos/as de Taller en Prácticas - Formación para la obtención de la práctica profesional - PS-2025-015
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para la formalización de 4 contratos formativos para la obtención de la práctica profesional en la categoría profesional de Técnicos/as de Taller y que tendrá, entre otras
  • Predocs
    PS-2025-021SIX Predoctoral Contracts Resident Astrophysics Programme
    SIX PhD FELLOWSHIPS AT IAC ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH (Ref. PS-2025-021) The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for SIX PhD fellowships in Astrophysics. The research topics pursued at the IAC
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