He decided that he would become an astrophysicist after watching the film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Born in Baena, Cordoba, Rafael Garrido was the only Spanish researcher who participated in the COROT space mission, developed by the European Space Agency. He is currently part of PLATO, with which he continues his search for planets that […]
Astrophysics
Miguel Ángel López Valverde, Andalusian science to explore Mars
He remembers that he wanted to study the outer space when he was a boy. Miguel Ángel López Valverde is an expert on Mars’ high atmosphere. He coordinates the European project Upwards from the Andalusian Institute of Astrophysics. Seven institutions from five different countries are part of this project. Miguel Ángel López Valverde has also […]
Spicing up stars and planets: a project giving life to Astrophysics
Faced with the difficulty of explaing different scientific topics with words or images, researchers from the Andalusian Astrophysics Institute have opted for animation. To do that, they have teamed up with professors from the Granada Faculty of Fine Arts and with animation professionals.
Eduardo Battaner, passion for research to do high level Astronomy
Granada was one of the cities in which you could find a telescope when Eduardo Battaner finished his career, and his passion for Astronomy lead him to spend a year in an observatory in Sierra Nevada. He was one of the researchers that created the Andalusia Astrophysics Institution and has published fifteen technical disclosure books. […]