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  • Main router of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma). Credit: Jorge Goya.
    The IAC renews the data network of the Canary Observatories 
  • Image of the radiometer at 3.5 GHz frequency designed and built by the team at Tecnología Médica. Credit: Unit of Communication and Scientific Culture (IAC).
    IACTEC develops a system which can analyze subcutaneous tissues for early detection of illnesses
  • Simulation of the OSIRIS-REx "touch-and-go" mission in Nightingale crater.
    Touching an asteroid and coming back: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu
  • Image and amplification (in colour) of the ultra-diffuse galaxy Dragonfly 44 taken with the Hubble space telescope. Many of the dots on the galaxy are the globular clusters studied in this article to explore the distribution of dark matter. The galaxy is so diffuse that other galaxies can be seen behind it. Credit: Teymoor Saifollahi and NASA/HST.
    The puzzle of the strange galaxy made of 99.99% dark matter is solved
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    World experts prepare the first report for the United Nations on regulation of light pollution and mitigating the impact of satellite constellations
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Employment

  • Postdoc assigned to specific scientific or technical project
    Un Contrato Postdoctoral Estallidos 2020/One Postdoctoral Contract Estallidos 2020 (PS-2020-049)

    The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on topics within the projects Starbursts and Galaxy Evolution (AYA2016-79724-C4-2-P ) and Starbursts throughout the history of the

  • Permanent (open to public)
    Personal Laboral Fijo - Dos puestos de trabajo con categoría profesional Titulados Superiores. Estabilización-2 Ingenieros/as PS-2020-060

    RESOLUCIÓN del Director del Consorcio Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias por la que se convoca proceso selectivo para el ingreso como personal laboral fijo en el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

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