News

This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

  • A frame of the second chapter "Girls who broke a glass ceiling while stargazing"
    The second chapter of “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky” will be published today. This continues the audiovisual series which was initiated with the proyect “The return of Henrietta Leavitt, from school to a research career by way of the theatre” promoted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) belonging to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitivity of the Government of Spain. This new chapter is now available on the video channels (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) and the
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  • Meteors recorded at the Teide Observatory of the IAC between 06:13h and 06:38h UT, on the 4th of January 2017
    This astronomical event will be broadcast live and via the sky-live.tv channel during the small hours of January 4th, with the collaboration of the European STARS4ALL project. This first meteor shower of the year may bring us spectacular images.
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  • Caitlin Casey durante su estancia en el IAC. Crédito: Viktor Rivera (IAC).
    Cuando era una niña, Caitlin Casey acudía al planetario de su escuela con mucha frecuencia, fascinada por los objetos celestes que allí podía descubrir. Años después, ya como profesora de Astronomía en la Universidad de Texas, Austin (EEUU), confiesa que su pasión por esta ciencia nació en esa época y hoy disfruta enseñándola e investigando sus temas predilectos: las galaxias más masivas y luminosas del Universo, unos objetos tan extremos y complejos que suponen un reto a la hora de hacer simulaciones cosmológicas. Utilizando observaciones submilimétricas, se propone conocer cómo estas
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