A Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray View of the Transient Sky
The development of the latest generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) over recent decades has led to the discovery of new extreme...
A week to go deeper into some of the more “ghostly” structures in the Universe
Tenerife will host a meeting of the International Astronomical Union with over a hundred specialists from all over the world, at which there will be discussion...
A workshop in La Palma consolidates scientific collaboration in astronomy between Spain and China
From 25 to 28 July, the workshop " China-Spain collaboration on astronomical high-resolution spectroscopy" will be held in Fuencaliente (La Palma). Its aim is...
A “gold mine” is detected in a collision of two distant stars
An international team of astronomers, including researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the CSIC has found evidence of a “kilonomva”...
A “rebellious” exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star
Thanks to the NIRPS infrared spectrograph, built with the involvement of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias , an international team led by the University...
About metallicity variations in the local Galactic interstellar medium
In this work we discuss and confront recent results on metallicity variations in the local interstellar medium, obtained from observations of H II regions by...
To celebrate Asteroid Day, which commemorates the impact of the Tunguska Fireball in 1908, several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias...