News type: Press release

  • News
    The upcoming installation of EMIR and other news about instrumentation on the last day of the "Science with the GTC" conference
    A telescope is an optical system which collects a lot of light and allows us to “see” objects as if they were much nearer. An astronomical instrument is a very...
  • News
    The US ambassador to Spain visits the IACPHOTO NEWS
    The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has visited today the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna, accompanied by the...
  • News
    The VI Conference “Science with the Gran Telescopio Canarias” opens
    The scientific meeting about the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world was inaugurated today, Wednesday 12th December, in the centre of the...
  • News
    The VIII programme “Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” has begun
    In order to familiarize students in the 4th year of their high school career with the science carried out at the astrophysical installations on La Palma...
  • News
    The visit of 2012 DA14, the closest ever asteroid to pass the EarthIAC telescopes will participate in observations that can be followed on-line
    2012 DA14 will pass some 27,700 kilometres from the surface of the Earth next Friday, 15 February. It will be the closest ever non-impacting encounter since the...
  • News
    The Visitor Centre at the Roque de los Muchachos and the Starmus Festival: two gateways to the Universe and to the recovery of La Palma
    The Cabildo of La Palma, the Town Council of Garafía, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) yesterday inaugurated the Visitor Centre at the Roque...
  • News
    The Walk of the Stars of Science is inaugurated in La Palma
    On Saturday, the Cabildo of La Palma, the City Council of Santa Cruz de la Palma, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) inaugurated the Walk of the...
  • News
    The William Herschel Telescope in La Palma measures the size of a stellar-mass black hole jet
    Researchers of the IAC participate in a study appearing today in Nature Astronomy, in which they have measured the delay between the X-rays and the visible...
  • News
    The winners of the competition “Canarians under the same sky” have been announced
    The 45 prizewinners, who come from the 7 islands, will visit the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias next week