Cristina Ramos Almeida, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has led research which used data from the ALMA telescope in Chile to...
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NewsSupermassive black holes change the central regions of galaxies
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NewsTakaaki Kajita: “The detection of gamma-rays with the CTA will be the key to discovering new sources of neutrino emission”
The Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita is one of the leading world experts in neutrino physics. These particles have a very tiny mass, and they hardly interact...
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NewsTeachers from five countries embark on a new astronomical adventure in the Canaries
The V International Summer Course “Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands”, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and designed to train...
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DocumentTEACHING UNIT: Eclipses
TEACHING UNIT: Eclipses
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Educational resourceTEACHING UNIT: Eclipses
Unidad Didáctica sobre eclipses, realizada en colaboración con la FECYT. El término eclipse se aplica indistintamente a dos fenómenos, en realidad muy diversos...
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Educational resourceTEACHING UNIT: Occultations
Unidad Didáctica sobre eclipses, realizada en colaboración con la FECYT. Una ocultación es la alineación o interposición de un cuerpo celeste por otro visto...
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NewsTecnología astrofísica aplicada a la Medicina
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), el Grupo Hospiten y la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) han abierto una línea de trabajo...
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NewsTelescope Summer
The IAC’s summer studentships are a unique opportunity for training in astrophysical research, technological development, and science outreach.
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NewsTelescopes at the Canary Observatories observe the occultation of star by Triton
On the night of 5th of October a star in the sky “was switched off”. Triton, the largest of the moons of Neptune, at some 4,500 million kilometres from the...