To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we publish the fourth chapter in the audiovisual series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”. It will be available in the social networks and the video channels (YouTube and Daylimotion) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), and its objective is to continue drawing attention to the work that women in this Institute carry out, and to encourage the youngest girls to opt for scientific and technical careers.

El equipo preparó las observaciones que se realizarán con el espectrógrafo EMIR instalado en el Gran Telescopio Canarias.

Because of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and International Women’s Day, women scientists and engineers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will participate, throughout February and March, in a number of activities to show the role of women in science and to arouse interest in science in young girls.

El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participó el pasado sábado, 2 de febrero, en el acto de colocación de la placa del Gran Premio de la Unión Europea para el Patrimonio Cultural / Premio Europa Nostra 2018, concedido al Heredamiento de las Haciendas de Argual y Tazacorte, y de conmemoración del 30º aniversario de la Ley del Cielo.

Two of the planets which are orbiting the star Kepler 107 could be the result of an impact similar to that which affected the Earth to produce the Moon. An international team whose members include a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna, are publishing the results of this work today in the journal Nature Astronomy.

The result of an agreement signed between the “La Caixa” foundation, the CajaCanaris Foundation and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is that the IAC will train four young people in their workshops and observatories.