Topic: Astrophysics

  • Blog
    Two eclipses that made history in Spain
    Total solar eclipses do not occur very often in the same location within a single human lifetime, but they do tend to cluster together, so that more than one...
  • News
    Two IAC projects won the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants awarded by the European Research Council
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has again shown its high quality in the field of international research. Two of its Research Professors, Carme...
  • News
    Two new rocky planets in the solar neighborhood
    An international scientific collaboration, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participates, has discovered two new super-Earths orbiting a...
  • News
    Ubiquitous yet forgotten: Broad absorptions in the optical spectra of low-mass X-ray binaries
    Low-mass X-ray binaries are systems in which a star transfers matter onto a compact object—either a black hole or a neutron star—producing energetic outbursts...
  • News
    Un verano más, el IAC abre sus puertas a la formación de profesorado
    La sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), en La Laguna, acoge durante esta semana la IV edición del Curso Internacional de Verano...
  • News
    Unravelling coronal bright points
    When the Sun is observed in X-ray or extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, hundreds of bright and compact structures with a rounded shape and sizes similar to that...
  • Event
    Using machine learning in interstellar medium by Dr. Christophe Morisset (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
    ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence techniques are increasingly used in our daily lives. They also play an important role in science, including astrophysics. I am...
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    VALENTÍN MARTÍNEZ PILLET: "The DKIST and EST telescopes will contribute to predict solar magnetic storms"
    During his last visit to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) we talked to the Director of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) of the United States...
  • Project
    Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei: Multifrecuency Studies
    Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are characterized by a strong emission coming from a very compact region (only few pcs) at the galaxy center. Blazars form a class...