The ALBA Network: The first Lights of the Universe, intends to detect the first sources to appear in the Universe. The ALBA collaboration started from a sub-group of researchers from the Consolider-Ingenio2010 project (CSD2006-00070): First science with the GTC, whose principal Investigator was the PI of this Red Temática. The ALBA collaboration

The main goal of this project is to ensure the scientific exploitation of the experiments, missions and surveys in which the Cosmology group at the IAC is involved in the period 2015-2017: PLANCK, QUIJOTE and SDSS (BOSS and eBOSS). The specific goals of this project are: I) To continue the scientific exploitation of the PLANCK mission during the

This project consists of investigating fundamental questions concerning the formation and evolution of galaxies from the smallest galactic scales to those of large spiral galaxies by adopting the approach of galactic archaeology. By determining the ages, metallicities and kinematics of individual stars, in particular low-mass, whose life-times are

WHY: 2015 has been named by the United Nations as the International Year of Light (light2015.org). Electricity and light have many obvious benefits for human mankind, but they also pose some relevant threats: the every day increasing excess of light thrown by humans to the sky seriously threatens to remove forever one of humanity’s natural wonders

The development and consolidation of the Cryogenics line of the Mechanics Department of the IAC is fundamental for the center to position itself and acquire an active participation in the construction of the future instruments of the GTC, EST, as well as for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E -ELT). With this action, the necessary