Scope: Science and Technology

  • News
    Astronomers find the origin of one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way
    An international team of researchers, among them scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the primitive origen of an old...
  • News
    "Galaxy Zoo: Euclid" seeks help in classifying galaxies
    A new citizen science project launched today by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Euclid Consortium, in collaboration with the Zooniverse platform, will...
  • Event
    "John Beckman: 60 años en astrofísica"
    Reunión para conmemorar la dedicación a la astrofísica durante 60 años de John Beckman, profesor de investigación emérito del Instituto de Astrofísica de...
  • News
    10 years of the GTC: Amazing science with an astonishing telescope
    The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its inauguration in the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory. During the past decade...
  • Publishing
    2000 Special. XII Winter School of Astrophysics "Spectropolarimetry in Astrophysics".
    Every year, the Gabinete de Dirección publishes a special edition of IAC Noticias, in Spanish and English, dedicated to the Winter School, where the interviews...
  • Publishing
    2001 Special. XIII Winter School of Astrophysics "Cosmochemistry: the crucible of the elements".
    2001 Special. XIII Winter School of Astrophysics "Cosmochemistry: the crucible of the elements". Every year, the Gabinete de Dirección publishes a special...
  • News
    2023 DZ2 asteroid will not collide with Earth, study finds
    An international scientific team, in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participate, confirms that the asteroid, discovered...
  • News
    3I/ATLAS: The IAC is monitoring closely the third interstellar object detected in the Solar System
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is actively participating in the observation of object 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1 ATLAS), initially included as A11pl3Z...
  • News
    50 years of doctoral theses
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) are organizing the scientific conference “Impulsing Astrophysics in Spain...