UNDARK is a pioneering project led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) bringing together outstanding international institutions in the fields of astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics. Funded for three years via the 'Widening' programme of the European Union, its objective is to tackle one of the major puzzles of contemporary physics: the dark universe. The major part of the Cosmos is composed by the so-called “dark universe”. Barely 18% of the total matter in the universe is made up of the elements in atoms with which we are familiar, while the remaining 82%, termed

The Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, part of the Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife, will host a conference by the astrophysicist and 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physics, John Mather, entitled ‘Unsolved mysteries of physics and astronomy’, on Friday 9th May. Mather receives this week the recognition as Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) with the sponsorship of the researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Doctor Honoris Causa of the ULL, John Beckman. Mather's lecture, which will be in English, will be presented by the

The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is promoting knowledge about European project management with a dedicated forum taking place on April 23 and 24 at the IACTEC headquarters in Tenerife. The 2025 ExGal-Twin Regional Workshop on European Project Management is an event organized by the ExGal-Twin project and the Office of Transfer and Institutional Actions (OTAI) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), under the title "Innovation in European Project Management: Challenges and Opportunities" . The main objective of this workshop is to bring together R&D&I entities