Galaxy discs are made of two components, the thin and the thick disc. Thick discs contain up to 50% of the baryonic mass of a galaxy. Because their stars are...
Towards the characterization of planetary atmospheres and the search for life: Cheops, Carmenes
Understanding the climate of our planet Earth is one of the greatest challenges in Science today. Much is still to be learned for example, on the variations of...
Towards the understanding of the late stages of stellar evolution and the formation of complex organic molecules
Most of the stars (M < 8 solar masses, Ms) end their lives with a phase of strong mass loss on the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB), just before they form...
Tracking active galactic nuclei feedback from parsec to kiloparsec scales
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback is the effect that nuclear activity produces in the interstellar and circumgalactic medium (ISM and CGM) of galaxies...
Training grants Juan de la Cierva: Call 2018. Guillaume Thomas
In the framework of the Subprograma Estatal de Formación and the Subprograma Estatal de Incorporación, of the Programa Estatal de Promoción del Talento y su...
Unveiling the missing populations of X-ray binaries: dormant black holes and ultra-compact systems
X-ray binaries are excellent laboratories to study the physics of relativistic stars. On the one hand, they provide robust evidence for the existence of black...
Unveiling the Properties of Stellar Fosils in the Local Group Environment
The main objective of this project is the study of the primeval star formation in nearby systems. In particular, we will address this research in three...
Using machine-learning techniques to drag galaxies from the noise in deep imaging
We propose to extend our current lead in the area of deep astronomical imaging to decipher the secrets of galaxy formation and evolution. In particular, we will...
Vacuum equipment, cryogenics and automatic safety control in cryogenic infrastructures
We propose the acquisition of specific technological equipment for the adaptation and safety control of the IAC infrastructures dedicated to the realization of...