Nucleosynthesis and molecular processes in evolved stars: from (radio) isotopes to complex molecular nanostructures
Low- to intermediate-mass (M < 8 solar masses, Ms) stars represent the majority of stars in the Cosmos. They finish their lives on the Asymptotic Giant Branch...
Numerical invetigation of the environment and evolution of galaxies
Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation have increasingly become instrumental tools in advancing our understanding of structure formation in the Universe...
Operation and scientific exploitation of the AMS experiment in the IAC
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a general purpose high energy particle detector that was deployed to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 19...
For more than two decades, the EU has been supporting free transnational access (TA) to existing national research infrastructures (RI). In particular, the...
OPTICON: Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy. H2020 Grant
CVOPTICON is an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative of the 6th EU I+D+i framework programme for improving the coordination of the European astronomical...
Orientatio ad sidera IV: landscape and cloudscape in astronomy
In this project, a new approach to Cultural Astronomy studies (archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy) will be performed, departing from a new perspective related...
Orientatio ad Sidera V: astronomy, science and heritage, a multidisciplinary approach
This project proposes a new approach to the studies of cultural astronomy (archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy) from a novel perspective, this time being the...
Origin and evolution of the brown dwarfs and giant planets
One of the main results obtained by the large optical and infrared sky surveys (DENIS, SDSS, 2MASS, UKIDSS, WISE) that started at the end of the last century...