Now more than half way through its programme, the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science EWASS 2015 which is being held on the Guajara Campus of the University of La Laguna (Tenerife), is carrying on with its 40 parallel sessions in which the latest advances in astronomy are being presented. The evidence for one galaxy swallowing another, and the search for extraterrestrial life and among the themes which have been of interest in the past few hours, as well as the awarding of the prizes for young researchers, and one day´s sessions devoted to outreach activities. Messier 87 swallows

Experts in Astronomical Site Testing met in Tenerife during EWASS 2015

By IVÁN JIMÉNEZ Michela Mapelli, a researcher at the Padua astronomical observatory, belonging to the INAF, is interested in the forces at work in galaxies, and especially in the dark side of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. The problem of our Galaxy is that when you try to get to the heart of it you end up rather frustrated. As well as being in a difficult position to study it,- right in the plane, and about half way from the centre to the edge, the main obstacle is interstellar dust which blocks our line of sight to the Galactic nucleus, where there is a very strong indication that a

Álvaro Giménez, the scientific director of ESA will give a lecture in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos during EWASS 2015

The astronomer is participating in the symposium “First Science with Gaia” within the EWASS 2015 conference

The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science EWASS 2015 which is being celebrated during this week on the Guajara Campus of the University of La Laguna (Tenerife) includes 40 parallel sessions in which the lates advances in astronomy are presented. During today’s programme, among the themes are news about the Gaia mission of the European Space Agency, and two plenary sessions to celeb rate the 20 th anniversary of the discovery of the first brown dwarf, and the discovery o f the first exoplanet.   The Gaia satellite has covered the whole sky  One of the symposia of EWASS 2015 is devoted