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AstrónomAs
The new exhibition ‘AstrónomAs’ focuses on women who have dedicated their nights and days to the study of astronomy.
Apps to introduce you to astronomy
Our app selection to introduce you to the world of astronomy are:
Calendar of activities
Roundtable: Maria Assumpció Català i Poch – Catalan Mathematician and Astronomer
On Monday, September 15, 2025, at 7:00 PM, a roundtable dedicated to the figure of Maria Assumpció Català i Poch, a Catalan mathematician and astronomer, will take place at the Pere i Joan Coromine
Acte Central del Centenari de Maria Assumpció Català i Poch
L’Institut de Ciències del Cosmos de la Universitat de Barcelona (ICCUB) té l’honor de participar en l’acte central de commemoració del Centenari del naixement de Maria Assumpció Català i Poch (192
Outreach talk "La Vía Láctea y sus encuentros con otras galaxias"
ICCUB-IEEC researcher Teresa Antoja will be next Friday, November 10, at the Museum of Science and Cosmos in Tenerife to talk about collisions between galaxies and galactic cannibalism.
Featured Materials
Since when does spacetime exist?
The researcher Héctor Gil Marín comments on the first 3D map of the Universe
Interviewing Licia Verde: a distinguished career in precision cosmology
The biggest tridimensional map of the Univers
News
The Astronomer Josep Manel Carrasco discusses the DART mission on the “Fet a Mida” TV program
What is the risk of an asteroid hitting the Earth? The astronomer of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB, Josep Manel Carrasco, tells us about the DART mission and planetary defence on the local television program "Fet a Mida".
New discoveries of the James Webb Telescope with Jordi Miralda on Ràdio Estel
Ancient galaxies, atmospheres of exoplanets... What discoveries is the James Webb Space Telescope making that haven’t been observed before?
Josep Manel Carrasco becomes a regular collaborator of the "Fet a Mida" television program
The researcher of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB, Josep Manel Carrasco, joins the team of the local television programme Fet a Mida with a fortnightly scientific dissemination section.
Francesca Figueras at the radio programme La Nit dels Ignorants: "The probability of receiving a sign of life is very low"
After many years of sending messages into outer space, have we received any response? What is the probability of receiving a signal or response from another planet? Francesca Figueras Siñol, astrophysicist and researcher at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB (ICCUB) delves into this great question in the Catalan radio program La Nit dels Ignorants of Catalunya Ràdio last Wednesday, September 14.