Memories of the universe, half a century of astrophysical research
The 50 years of doctoral theses in the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) were summarized in the 20 talks which made up the two day conference which was...
Miss Leavitt, unveiled at the University of La Laguna
A mural of Street art produced by “Sabotaje al Montaje” which pays tribute to this American astronomer was presented this morning on behalf of the University of...
MIT Astronomy Field Camp returns to the Teide Observatory
For the second year, the Teide Observatory has hosted the "MIT Astronomy Field Camp", a prestigious camp offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Models for encouraging girls to get interested in science
The third chapter of the audiovisual series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky” is arriving at the end of the school year, when those who are...
More than 80 participants from the whole world will attend the IAC Winter School on Big Data
This annual meeting for young researchers- doctoral students and postdocs- will be dedicated to the analysis of big data bases in Astronomy. It is taking place...
MuSCAT2 to find Earth-like habitable planets in the TESS era
A Japan-Spain international collaboration team has developed a powerful 4-color simultaneous camera named MuSCAT2 on the 1.52m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez in the...
MUSE reveals different gas components in planetary nebulae
We present a detailed study of the gas chemical abundances in planetary nebulae (PNe), the final fate of solar-like stars, through high spatial resolution...