The GTC obtains the deepest image of a galaxy from Earth
The telescope on La Palma produces an image 10 times deeper than any other taken from a ground-based telescope and observes the faint stellar halo of one of our...
The Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government visits the IAC
Elena Máñez Rodríguez, the Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government paid a visit this morning to the headquarters of...
The hidden Universe: inauguration of the IAU Symposium
In the University of La Laguna today the conference of the International Astronomical Union about the diffuse light in the sky, organized by the Instituto de...
The HiPERCAM camera of the Gran Telescopio Canarias reveals new details about the oldest stars in the Milky Way
An international study, using the high-speed HiPERCAM camera, installed in the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), has determined for the first time the mass and...
The Hubble Space Telescope discovers the most distant star ever observed
An international team, including researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL), participated in the...
The IAC aims to illuminate the dark side of the universe with the UNDARK project
UNDARK is a pioneering project led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) bringing together outstanding international institutions in the fields of...
The IAC and ESA sign an agreement to widen the programmes of connection and transmission of optical data at the Teide Observatory
By virtue of this agreement, signed today at ESA’s European Centre of Space Research and Technology (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, (The Netherlands), Tenerife will...
The IAC and February 11th, International Day of Women and Girls in Science
During the month of February, women researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will take part in lectures, workshops and debates to publicize...
The IAC and February 11th, International Day of Women and Girls in Science
During the month of February, women researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will take part in lectures, workshops and debates to publicize...