Some answers to current questions about the formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies are based on the detection and study of increasingly weak sources. The...

I will review the properties of nearby early-type galaxies and galaxy clusters showing the most interesting observed parallelisms, such as the Sersic behavior...

The IAC Solar System group has been cooperating with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission since 2011 when I became member of its Science Team. In 2015 we came to an...

The European Space Agency's Planck satellite was launched on 14 May 2009, and has been surveying the sky stably and continuously since 13 August 2009. Its...

Many physical processes co-exist during planet assembly and during planetary migration, and few observables provide an unambiguous view of what results from...

The most metal-poor stars in the Galaxy are relics from the first generations of star formation, and their properties can reveal key information about the...

This talk looks at the challenges in developing instruments for extremely large telescopes. It then discusses the impact of these on the ELT first light...

Clusters of galaxies are expected to contain substantial population of cosmic-rays that can yield a significant high energy emission. Moreover, as they are...

The reports of thick discs' death are greatly exaggerated: Thick discs are NOT artefacts caused by diffuse scattered light Recent studies have made the...