The writer Elsa Lopez, born in La Palma, visited the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, in Garafía (La Palma), inaugurating the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias transversal project "En un lugar del Universo..." in collaboration with the scientific institutions of the Canary Observatories and the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, of Museos de Tenerife. "There is a lot poetry in Astronomy", said Elsa fascinated after living a ninght of observation. She is the first of a groups of writers who will visit the astrophysics Observatories on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the death of

Mercedes Prieto Muñoz, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Professor at the University of La Laguna (ULL), received on March 8th in the Assembly Hall of the Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González (UBO), the "IUEM 8th of March", prize which is awarded annually by the University Institute of Women's studies of the ULL. This award is granted to female researchers of the ULL who have outstanding research records and in view of their contribution to women's advances in the fields of science and society. In the specific case of Mercedes Prieto, "for

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias collaborated in this meeting between researchers, engineers, and developers of big data in the context of space experiments.

A study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) reveals the existence of a system made up of 830 galaxies with a diameter of 900 million light years.

This meeting, recognized as a Symposium of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which will be celebrated from 14th to 18th March, co-organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), will also incorporate the final phase of the DAGAL European Research Training Network.

The author Elsa López will be the first to participate in the cross-disciplinary project “En un lugar del Universo…” an initiative of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias which brings together literature and astronomy.