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  • Corrigendum to "Gravitational interaction signatures in isolated galaxy triplet systems: a photometric analysis" [New Astronomy, 2021,87, 101603]
    Tawfeek, Amira A.; Saha, Kanak; Vaghmare, Kaustubh; Kembhavi, A. K.; Takey, Ali; Cervantes-Sodi, Bernardo; Fritz, Jacopo; Awad, Zainab; Ali, Gamal B.; Hayman, Z. M.
    2025/07, New Astronomy, 117, 102359

  • Next Colloquium

    2025/04/03
    Maritza Lara-López, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    Host: Jacopo Fritz
    What are the main drivers in the evolution of galaxies? is one of the biggest open questions in Astronomy to date even though it is critical in every aspect of the evolving universe. This is because galaxy evolution is driven by a complex interplay of various processes and factors that affect the baryon cycle and shape the properties of galaxies over cosmic time. The interplay between several properties at multiple wavelengths, metals, cold gas, dust, environment, star formation rate in galaxies, and even magnetic fields, is mandatory to have a comprehensive understanding on how galaxies evolve. Metal-THINGS is obtaining IFU spectroscopy of a unique sample of 34 nearby galaxies from The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS, Walter et al. 2008). One of the main characteristics of the THINGS galaxies is that they have been observed by multiple wavelengths (see Fig. 1). Metal-THINGS has already observed more than 130 nights with VIRUS-P (GCMS), and has fully mapped 23 galaxies from the THINGS survey. I will present the latest results of the Metal-THINGS survey focussing in the analysis of gas metallicity gradients (Vale et al. 2025, submitted), the reconstruction of the resolved Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) from UV to FIR (Garduño et al. 2023), effects of Ultra Luminous X-ray sources in galaxies (Lara-López et al. 2021), and the star formation rate in the rims of HI holes (Lara-López et al. 2023).

    Spotlight on Research

    #1: A dying galaxy triggers the birth of new stars
    2022/01/30

    What caused our Sun to be born? A recent paper by researchers from the Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (IRyA) suggests that the answer may lie in a small satellite galaxy that is slowly being devoured by our larger Milky Way Galaxy.