PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Research Publications
A full list of of the IAC Exoplanets and Astrobiology group can be found here: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/g-ztq0BxTnel2S7zHl7e0Q
Latest Posts
New members join the Exoplanets and Astrobiology group
Four new members have joined the “Exoplanets and Astrobiology” group led by Enric Pallé. Malavika Vasits,Tianjun Gan, and Gloria Canocchi are postdoctoral researchers working on the SPEAR project funded by the European Research Council (ERC - Advanced Grant GA...
A study reveals the strongest evidence to date of a magnetic field on an exoplanet
Artist’s impression of the interaction between the star (GJ 436) and the exoplanet (GJ 436 b). Credit: IAA-CSIC/LampScience The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is taking part in an international study, published in the journal "Science", which provides the...
The IAC hosted the 1st Alisio-PETeR Student Scientific Conference
More than 50 students and teachers from eight schools across the Canary Islands took part on Wednesday, 20 May, in the 1st Alisio-PETeR Science Conference, an event that brings the educational innovation projects “ALISIO - Schools from Space” and “Science with PETeR:...
Participation in the “Women Scientists and Technologists” of the Canary Islands
To promote the International Museum Day, the Museum of Science and the Cosmos (MCC) held an event on 18 May entitled “Women Scientists and Technologists”, an initiative designed to bring the scientific and technological work carried out in the Canary Islands closer to...
The IAC participates in a complex observation campaign to unravel the enigmatic ‘Neptunian desert’
Advertised on 09/16/2025 - 12:16:42 An international scientific team, including members of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has launched an ambitious program to map exoplanets located around the Neptunian Desert —a region around stars where...
Astronomers find missing link to Galaxy’s most common planets
One of the biggest recent surprises in astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the size of Earth and Neptune within the orbit of Mercury — sizes and orbits absent from our solar system. These ‘super-Earths' and `sub-Neptunes’...
The IAC participates in the first 3D mapping of the atmosphere of an exoplanet
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,...
Main Projects
SPEAR
Exoplanet Atmospheres
Astrobiology
MuSCAT2
Space Missions
Collaborations
Deciphering the atmospheres of distant worlds
