The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been host to the Spanish ALMA Days 2025, which was held from 18th to 20th February in the IACTEC building in the Science and Technology Park at Las Mantecas (Tenerife). The aim of this event was to give information about the coming observation cycle of ALMA ( Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array ) and to provide an overview of the data base of the telescope and its observing tools. In addition the scientific results of more than 10 years of observations were presented, and the future perspectives offered with the implementation of

The Solar System research group at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating in the international programme to keep a closet track of asteroid 2024 YR4. The aim is to determine its orbit with the highest possible precision before it stops being observable by ground based and satellite telescopes in April, and so improving our value of the probability that it will impact the Earth in 2032. In this context several telescopes of the Canary Observatories of the IAC are playing an outstanding role in this observing campaign: The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) at the Roque de

El equipo de IACTEC-Espacio , la división del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) dedicada al desarrollo de tecnología espacial, participa esta semana como expositor en el Small Satellites & Services International Forum (SSSIF) 2025, celebrado en Málaga, consolidando su posición como referente en el sector espacial español. El evento, clave para la industria de pequeños satélites, está sirviendo de plataforma para presentar proyectos innovadores y establecer colaboraciones estratégicas en especial sobre los proyectos DRAGO, los instrumentos canarios con capacidad de detectar imágenes

El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) colabora con la Real Sociedad de Amigos del País de Tenerife para celebrar los 100 años de Progreso Cuántico con un ciclo de conferencias que se inauguran este jueves 20 de febrero a las 19:00 horas con la charla ‘Cuando el Universo deje de fabricar estrellas’, impartida por la astrofísica y subdirectora del IAC Eva Villaver Sobrino. Este ciclo se enmarca dentro de las actividades organizadas con motivo del Año Internacional de la Ciencia y Tecnología Cuántica dentro del Seminario Permanente de Ciencias y Humanidades Blas Cabrera que cuenta con

An international team, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias participates, has succeeded in mapping for the first time the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of an exoplanet, that is a planet beyond the Solar System. This research, published today in Nature , has been able to discover very strong winds that carry chemical elements such as iron and titanium, which create certain weather patterns through the planet's atmosphere. This mapping opens the door to more comprehensive and detailed studies of the chemical composition and climate of other planets. Enric Pallé