Topic: Astrophysics

  • Blog
    Rainer Weiss, father of gravitational waves
    The physicist Rainer (“Rai”) Weiss, Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has just passed away at the age of 92. Weiss’s family...
  • News
    RAMÓN GARCÍA LÓPEZ: “La instalación del CTA en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos supondrá un gran impacto económico en La Palma”
    Por Elena Mora (IAC) La red de telescopios CTA es Ciencia, pero no solo eso”, afirma Ramón García López, investigador principal de CTA ( Cherenkov Telescope...
  • News
    Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in a relativistic jet
    Active galactic nuclei (AGN) consist of a supermassive black hole fed by the circumnuclear material close to the galaxy center. Around 10% of the AGNs develop a...
  • News
    Red nuggets at the center of nearby galaxies
    The “Lambda Cold Dark Matter” (CDM) cosmological model is the current theory credited for reproducing the physics responsible for the formation and evolution of...
  • Document
    Reflection of the Cosmos
    This book is the result of more than a decade of archaeoastronomical research. Juan Antonio Belmonte is coordinator of the Archaeastronomy project at the IAC...
  • Publishing
    Reflection of the Cosmos
    This book is the result of more than a decade of archaeoastronomical research. Juan Antonio Belmonte is coordinator of the Archaeastronomy project at the IAC...
  • News
    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...
  • News
    Registration for the V International Summer Course "Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands" is now open
    “The message of light” is the theme chosen for the fifth edition of this teacher training course, organized by the IAC, which will be held from 15 to 19 July in...
  • Project
    Relativistic and Theoretical Astrophysics
    Introduction Gravitational lenses are a powerful tool for Astrophysics and Cosmology. The goals of this project are: i) to obtain a robust determination of the...