Evidence from different cosmological probes have lead to the establishment of the dark matter and

I present the results of a survey of the kinematics of a large sample of

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), our nearest large galactic neighbour, offers a unique opportunity to test how

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes and, besides being

I present the latest progress on our ongoing work with our state-of-the-art models of stellar

Galaxy formation in the first billion years mark a time of great upheaval in the

I will start my talk by a short description of a historical connection between my