Centro de Estudios de Fisica del Cosmos de Aragon information

Aragon Center for Physics of the Cosmos
Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón
Type	Research institute
Established	July 22, 2008; 15 years ago
Founder	Mariano Moles Villamate
Director	Javier Cenarro Lagunas
Academic staff	23 (as of 2023/10)
Total staff	61 (as of 2023/10)
Location	Teruel, Spain
Website	www.cefca.es

The Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA) is a Research institute in Teruel, Spain. Established in 2008 as a private foundation of public initiative.^[1] by the Government of Aragon. Besides research in astronomy, and leading several large astronomical surveys, CEFCA is the operator of the Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre (OAJ, recognized as Unique Science and Technology Infrastructure by the national government). The primary research interests at CEFCA are in Stellar evolution, Time-domain astronomy and Galaxy evolution.

^ "DECREE 155/2008, of July 22, 2008, of the Government of Aragón, authorizing the constitution of the "Fundación Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón"". Boletín Oficial de Aragón. 2008-08-08.

[foundingboa-1] "DECREE 155/2008, of July 22, 2008, of the Government of Aragón, authorizing the constitution of the "Fundación Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón"". Boletín Oficial de Aragón. 2008-08-08.