As the epoch of spheroid formation in massive galaxies is believed to correspond to the growth of active nuclei, probing the population of obscured AGN at high...
The SUNRISE balloon-borne solar observatory consists of a 1m aperture Gregory telescope, a UV filter imager, an imaging vector polarimeter, an image...
First Results from the Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH)
Clear observational signatures of hierarchical galaxy formation have been found around the Milky Way and other nearby massive galaxies. However, the build-up of...
First results of a spectral clustering analysis applied to OSIRIS-REx color imaging of asteroid (101955) Bennu
The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission is currently orbiting primitive near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. Thousands of images are being acquired by the...
First results of an observational test of a double reionization scenario by searching for galaxies at high redshift
The study of high redshift galaxies is crucial for understanding the reionization process, the formation and evolution of galaxies, and the large-scale...
First results of EMIR at the GTC. Status and Short Term Plan
We report the results on the EMIR (Espectrógrafo Multiobjeto Infra-Rojo) performances after two semesters of scientific operations at the Gran Telescopio...