Four Large-Sized Telescopes to be inaugurated at CTAO-North in La Palma

September 17, 2026

On 15 October 2026, the CTAO Large-Sized Telescope Collaboration will inaugurate the complete array of four LSTs at CTAO-North in La Palma, marking the completion of all Large-Sized Telescopes planned for the site. IFAE’s Gamma-ray Group has contributed to the project throughout its development, with roles spanning collaboration management, technical coordination, camera integration, telescope hardware and data-analysis software.

Prof. Mario Martínez named new Director of IFAE

September 7, 2026

Mario Martínez has been nominated as the new Director of IFAE by the institute’s Governing Board. He will take office on November 1, 2026, succeeding Eugenio Coccia. An ICREA Research Professor at IFAE since 2004, Mario Martínez is currently Deputy Director, leads the institute’s Gravitational Waves Group, and is Scientific Director of IFAE’s Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence programme.

LST-1 and MAGIC reveal new insights into the most distant very-high-energy blazar

September 2, 2026

Observations with the LST-1 and MAGIC telescopes have provided the most detailed study yet of OP 313, the most distant blazar ever detected at very high gamma-ray energies. The result follows its first very-high-energy detection by LST-1 in 2023, an effort in which the IFAE Gamma-ray Group was already involved. IFAE contributes to LST-1 and MAGIC through instrumentation, operation and data-analysis software.