Portuguese scientists in NASA mission to hunt exoplanets
The TESS satellitte, expected to launch next Monday has the involvement of several researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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News
The communication of Astronomy done at IA was present at the largest ever conference in this field
The Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) was present at the Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2018 Conference, which was held in Japan between the 24th and the 28th of March
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Another Mercury, but as large as Earth
Mercury’s oddity might be common outside the Solar System, according to a study in which took part a team of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Portugal on a great leap to the exoplanets
The space mission that will enable the description of the exoplanet atmospheres has Portuguese participation, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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The Universe
Video: Multiverse
Modern theories of cosmology appear to predict that our region of space is a minuscule fragment of a huge ‘multiverse’, where over vast distances physical properties, and perhaps the nature of physical laws themselves, can change.
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Water in the Universe: the water pathway
Sun-like stars and planetary systems are known to form in interstellar molecular clouds composed mostly of hydrogen and small amounts of other elements like helium, oxygen and carbon.
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Noites no Observatório – Inhabiting other Planets
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In the session of Noites no Observatório, this May, we will discuss several challenges posed by a human colony on another planet, an adventure that is, without question, of the scope of mankind.
Noites no Observatório – Planet Earth: catastrophe in slow motion
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Which are the actual risks faced by the human species before the middle of the century, and which no one is talking about? Learn more at the February session of Noites no Observatório
Closer to the Stars
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Mais perto das Estrelas (Closer to the Stars) is an astronomical observation event in the evenings of every second Thursday each month.
Noites no Observatório: The unbearable lightness of the Universe
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In this month's session of Noites no Observatório, discover the tricks and methods researchers use to measure the masses of the Earth, the Sun and the Milky Way.
Closer to the Stars
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Mais perto das Estrelas (Closer to the Stars) is an astronomical observation event in the evenings of every second Thursday each month.
Noites no Observatório: The Universe beyond the imagination
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Join us on a journey from our planet to the edges of the Universe and of the human understanding.
