The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Canary, La Palma Reserve of the Biosphere Foundation have signed a document agreeing on actions to be taken in prevention, early warning and rapid response to exotic invading species on the Island of La Palma, a World Biosphere Reserve.

The third telescope of the Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT3) situated in the Teide Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has seen its “first light”. This robotic 2 meter telescope, managed by the Canary company Light Bridges, is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

La astrofísica cordobesa Casiana Muñoz Tuñón ha sido distinguida con la Medalla de Andalucía en la categoría de Investigación, Ciencia y Salud, un reconocimiento a su destacada trayectoria en el campo de la astrofísica y su compromiso con la protección del cielo nocturno. Muñoz es licenciada en Ciencias Físicas por la Universidad de Granada y doctora por la Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife). Su carrera ha estado dedicada al estudio de la formación estelar violenta y su influencia en la evolución de las galaxias. Además, ha trabajado intensamente en la defensa de la calidad del cielo, un

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