Gas is essential to the process of forming a galaxy. During the first stages the amount of gas present determines the number of stars which will be in the...
A mechanism for removing dark matter from galaxies has been found
The small fraction of dark matter in the galaxy NGC1052-DF4 has worried the astronomical community for several years. Now a team of researchers from the...
A new chapter in the series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”
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...
Abierto el plazo de solicitudes del Plan de Acción Social 2022
El Plan de Acción Social 2022 ya está publicado, puedes consultarlo aquí. El plazo para la presentación de solicitudes está abierto hasta el 31.03.2022, puedes...
To celebrate Asteroid Day, which commemorates the impact of the Tunguska Fireball in 1908, several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias...
Agreement with D-Orbit to integrate DRAGO in the ION satellite
The IACTEC-Space programme of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has signed an agreement with the Italian space tranporting company D-Orbit to...
ALLAN SANDAGE: “La materia oscura podría estar constituida por rocas”
Trabajar con Edwin Hubble y medir la constante de Hubble le han elevado al olimpo de la ciencia astronómica. Norteamericano de Iowa, donde nació en 1926...