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 of astronomical activities in the municipality of Garafía
August arrived again, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating in the festival to honour our Lady the Virgin of Light in the town of...
The International Scientific Conference La Gomera Accretion Week 2017, dealing with extremely compact stellar objects, which lasted from 11 to 15th September...
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 young IAC scientist wins a distinguished prize from the European Physical Society
Tanausú del Pino Alemán, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been awarded the “ESPD Early Career Researcher Prize” for 2018 given...
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”...
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...
Actividades por el Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia
Desde el año 2015, a iniciativa de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, el 11 de febrero conmemora el Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la...