Using ultra-deep imaging (μg = 30.4 mag arcsec-2; 3σ, 10″ × 10″), we probed the surroundings of the first galaxy "lacking" dark matter (DM) KKS2000[04] (NGC...
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PublicationA Disk and No Signatures of Tidal Distortion in the Galaxy "Lacking" Dark Matter NGC 1052-DF2
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PublicationA Duality in the Origin of Bulges and Spheroidal Galaxies
Studying the resolved stellar populations of the different structural components that build massive galaxies directly unveils their assembly history. We aim at...
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PublicationA Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging
We report the discovery of a candidate galaxy with a photo-z of z ~ 12 in the first epoch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Cosmic Evolution Early...
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PublicationAn Intermediate-age Alpha-rich Galactic Population in K2
We explore the relationships between the chemistry, ages, and locations of stars in the Galaxy using asteroseismic data from the K2 mission and spectroscopic...
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NewsBig Data to model the evolution of the cosmic web
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has led an international team which has developed an algorithm called COSMIC BIRTH to analyse large scale cosmic...
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PublicationDiscovery of Faint Double-peak Hα Emission in the Halo of Low Redshift Galaxies
Aimed at the detection of cosmological gas being accreted onto galaxies in the local universe, we examined the Hα emission in the halo of 164 galaxies in the...
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PublicationDiscovery of Four Apparently Cold Dusty Galaxies at z = 3.62─5.85 in the COSMOS Field: Direct Evidence of Cosmic Microwave Background Impact on High-redshift Galaxy Observables
We report Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of four high-redshift dusty star-forming galaxy candidates selected from far-infrared (FIR)...
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PublicationExtended Point-spread Functions for Deep Astronomical Imaging Surveys
The low surface brightness (LSB) universe is one of the last frontiers in observational astronomy. However, uncovering the information contained in ultra-deep...
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PublicationFrom Naked Spheroids to Disky Galaxies: How Do Massive Disk Galaxies Shape Their Morphology?
We investigate the assembly history of massive disk galaxies and describe how they shape their morphology through cosmic time. Using SHARDS and HST data, we...