On 27 April, the US and European space agencies celebrated the fifth anniversary of the launch of the SOHO satellite by organising the International Sun-Earth...
Journey to the Big Bang through the lithium of a Milky Way star
Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Cambridge have detected lithium in a primitive star in our galaxy. The...
La comunidad educativa podrá prepararse para el trío de eclipses solares con una nueva formación abierta y en línea
España está a punto de vivir un fenómeno astronómico extraordinario y sin precedentes en décadas: dos eclipses totales de Sol, en 2026 y 2027, y uno anular, en...
La investigación astronómica vuelve a las aulas de toda España de la mano del proyecto PETeR del IAC
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) anuncia la segunda edición del proyecto de innovación educativa Ciencia con PETeR: Investigando el Sistema Solar y...
Massive collision in the planetary system Kepler 107
Two of the planets which are orbiting the star Kepler 107 could be the result of an impact similar to that which affected the Earth to produce the Moon. An...
Women astronomers and engineers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), from the Canary Observatories, and from other collaborating institutions...
News about Tabby’s star, the most mysterious star of 2017
Several telescopes of the Canary Island Observatories are studying this controversial star in a coordinated campaign involving over a hundred professional and...