Quadrantids 2021: our best wishes for the start of a new year
This astronomical event will be broadcast live in the early hours of January 3rd from the Canary Observatories, via the sky-live.tv channel, with the...
The best time to observe the first meteor shower of 2019 will be the night of January 3rd to 4th. The astronomical event will be broadcast live from the...
QUIJOTE maps the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic field
Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented an initial series of 6 scientific...
Rafael Rebolo the new Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
He takes over from Francisco Sánchez, Founding Director of the public research body Until to his naming as Director, Rebolo led several research groups at the...
Rafael Rebolo, galardonado con uno de los Premios Nacionales de Investigación Científica
El Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades ha anunciado hoy la concesión del Premio Nacional de Investigación en Ciencias Físicas, Ciencias de los...
Real-time transmission of aurora borealis from Greenland and Iceland, with GLORIA
From 23 to 28 August the European project GLORIA (GLOal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array), in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias...
Real-time transmission of aurorae borealis from GreenlandRELEASE
From 24 to 29 August the European project GLORIA (GLOal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array), in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias...
Regions where extremely young stars are forming have been found in very old galaxies
An international study led by Almudena Prieto, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found places where new stars are forming, as...
Registration for the II International Summer Course "Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands" is now open
From 25 to 28 July, the IAC will host at its headquarters in La Laguna (Tenerife), the second edition of this training course in astronomy aimed at European...