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“Big Wheel”, a surprisingly large disk galaxy discovered in the early universe

A surprisingly large disk galaxy in the early universe – about two billion years after the Big Bang – with dimensions more typical of the giant galactic disks of the current universe. This is the discovery of the “Cosmic Web” research group, part of the Astrophysics Unit of the Physics Department at the University of…
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19 March 2025 0

A prestigious recognition to a Bicocca astrophysicist!

Dr. Elisa Bortolas has been awarded the Marie Curie Global Fellowship. A bit of history Elisa has been one of the best students I have encountered in Milano-Bicocca. I had the pleasure to supervise her during both her bachelor thesis (on the interpretation of megamaser observations) and her master, when her study on the dynamics of massive black…
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28 March 2023 0