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Even though light often looks white, it is made up of lots of different colours all added together.

White light from the bottom left of the image travels upwards towards a glass prism in the centre. Some light is reflected, continuing to travel towards the centre top of the image. Most of the light leaves the prism and travels towards the bottom right of the image, now split into the different colours of the rainbow. — White light split into many colours by a prism

Early Life

Ricardo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His first degree in astronomy is from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Then in 1993, he got a master's degree from the Observatório Nacional in Brazil. Ricardo moved to the University of São Paulo, Brazil to work on a PhD. He was awarded his PhD in 1998.

Research Areas: Galaxy formation, Observational astronomy

"I consider myself extremely lucky to be where I am, do what I do, and to be surrounded by so many amazing people here in Liverpool."

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