The E-ELT first light spectrograph HARMONI: capabilities and modes
HARMONI is the E-ELT's first light visible and near-infrared integral field spectrograph. It will provide four different spatial scales, ranging from coarse...
The new observational O/Fe vs Fe/H relationship in halo dwarfs is analyzed in terms of a model of chemical evolution for the solar neighborhood. The role of...
The Earth as a benchmark: spectro-polarimetry unveils strong bio-signatures
One of the next most important goals of astronomy is the characterization of exo-solar planets and the search for extra terrestrial life. Traditional...
The Earth as an object of astrophysical interest in the search for extrasolar planets
The potential discovery of Earth-like planets around other stars will need, apart from a sophisticated technological development, the design of techniques for...
The amount of energy coming into the Earth's climate system is the combination of two parameters: solar constant, and Earth's albedo (or reflectance). Our main...