Inauguration of the ARTEMIS telescope at the Teide Observatory
This new telescope for finding Earth-like planets which may transit some of the smaller cooler stars in the solar neighbourhood joints the SPECULOOS network of...
La Palma will host an international conference for the protection of the night sky
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) will...
Two astronomy networks are coming together to form the OPTICON-RadioNet PILOT ( ORP), the Europe’s largest ground-based astronomy collaborative network that it...
Memories of the universe, half a century of astrophysical research
The 50 years of doctoral theses in the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) were summarized in the 20 talks which made up the two day conference which was...
Natural darkness to preserve night-time ecosystems
After several months of waiting, this summer the EELabs project, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has started to deploy its first network of...
Nearly 2,000 people visited the Teide Observatory during the Open Days 2019
During June 14th and 15th, those who attended got to know the facilities of this important astronomical observatory in the mountains of Tenerife, where they...
Pedro Duque attends the “official opening” of IACTEC and presides over the Governing Council of the IAC
The Minister of Science and Innovation this morning presided over the annual meeting of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
Proclamation of the unanimous support from the Canarian public bodies for the construction of the TMT on La Palma
The Government of the Canary Islands, Cabildo of La Palma, Municipalities of Puntagorda and Garafía and the IAC Director have met on the Green Island to...