The black holes at the centres of galaxies are the most mysterious objects in the Universe, not only because of the huge quantities of material within them...
Astronomers discover one of the closest potentially habitable exoplanets to Earth
An international research, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has played a leading role, has found a planet of intermediate size between...
Astronomers discover rapid oscillations in the light of a blazar
The international collaboration Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT), in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participate, has...
Astronomers discover that the first galaxies had very different shapes to today's galaxies
Thanks to images obtained by the James Webb Telescope (JWST), an international scientific team in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
Astronomers discover tiny galaxy with extraordinary star formation in distant Universe
Using first-of-their-kind observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international scientific team, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
Astronomers find a black hole which rotates highly inclined to its orbit
Astronomers have found a black hole which challenges current theoretical models for the formation of these compact objects, using telescopes at the Roque de los...
Astronomers find a galaxy unchanged since the early universe
Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) confirm the first detection of a relic galaxy with the Hubble Space Telescope. The results of this...
Astronomers find a nearby system of exoplanets with a potentially inhabitable world
A team of astronomers, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has found three new planets orbiting a star, one of which might have...
Astronomers find an unusual planetary system which challenges models of planet formation
A team of astronomers of the CARMENES consortium, with participants form the Institutode Astrofísica de Canarias, has discovered a planetary system around the...