Project description
Looking to the stars for answers
The Milky Way is the barred spiral galaxy that contains our Solar System. Our sun is just one of the Milky Way’s 200 billion stars. The EU-funded VIA LACTEA project will investigate how the Milky Way was formed. It will study its major accretion events using state-of-the-art computing techniques as well as the formation of the inner-halo. Secondly, it will look into the impact of known satellites. The project will build on the European Space Agency Gaia satellite’s three-dimensional map of the Milky Way, which shows that the stars in our galaxy are much more complex in structure and kinematics than previously thought. Study outcomes will bring us a step closer to better understanding our universe.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Topic(s)
Funding Scheme
ERC-STG - Starting Grant
Host institution
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
Net EU contribution
€ 1 498 750,00
Address
Gran Via De Les Corts Catalanes 585
08007 Barcelona
Spain
08007 Barcelona
Spain
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Region
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
Beneficiaries (2)
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 1 498 750,00
Address
Gran Via De Les Corts Catalanes 585
08007 Barcelona
08007 Barcelona
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Region
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR ASTROPHYSIK POTSDAM (AIP)
Participation ended
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00
Address
An Der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam
14482 Potsdam
Region
Brandenburg Brandenburg Potsdam
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00