Massive (M_{stellar}≥10^{11} h_{70}^{-2} {M}_{&sun;}) galaxies are privileged probes to explore galaxy evolution, as their high luminosities allow us to track them over a large span of cosmic time. They suffer dramatic modifications in their sizes, star formation histories and number densities from high to low redshift. This must be also reflected

We present two new massive clusters, discovered during the second phase of our MASGOMAS project (MAssive Stars in Galactic Obscured MAssive clusterS). The second phase of the project focuses on a systematic search of OB-type star candidates over-densities. We also present new near-infrared photometry (J, H, and K_S) and mid-resolution follow-up

We present preliminary results of an on going program to study Lyman Alpha Emitters, Lyman Break Galaxies, and Quasars at high redshift with the OSIRIS instrument attached to the Gran Telescopio Canarias.

We have developed an innovative `index scanning technique" to map the stellar kinematics of early-type galaxies by measuring for the first time the absorption line strength of the near-IR CaII triplet with the Red Tunable Filters of OSIRIS at GTC. Unlike classical spectroscopy, these filters allow us to perform a two-dimensional study, taking

Star clusters provide a unique and powerful probe useful for studying the star formation histories of galaxies. In particular, the ages, metallicities and kinematics of star clusters bear the imprint of the galaxy formation process. M33 is the only nearby late-type spiral galaxy and it provides a notable connection between the cluster populations

We study the modification of the classical criterion for the linear onset and growing rate of the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI) and the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) in a partially ionised plasma in the two-fluid description. The plasma is composed of a neutral fluid and an electron-ion fluid, coupled by means of particle collisions. The