New research links the compositions of rocky exoplanets and of their host stars
Led by a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), this work was published today in the journal Science.
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News
Eleven ideas make all there is, and are one click away
On a single website, there’s everything you need to know about Astronomy and the Universe, in direct and everyday language, the yield of a project co-led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) and which now becomes an international reference.
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July was a month for Summer internships
The IAstro Summer Internship program, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) and aimed at university students, had its second edition this year.
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Rocky exoplanet with just half the mass of Venus discovered
The team, which includes several resesarchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), shed new light on the exoplanets orbiting the
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Activities
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Space climate: Storm in orbit
The Sun, that quiet disc in the blue sky, is sometimes the source of extreme events that menace our highly technological society. IA researchers answer questions in a live session dedicated to space climate.
IA at the European Researchers’ Night 2021
From Earth to Space, IA's activities are framed within both European Researcher's Night initiatives in 2021 – science for climate, and environment and sustainability. Among our offer of online and physical activities at Planetário do Porto, Lisbon and Coimbra, there's action and knowledge in IA's programme.
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Galactic Archeology and the raiders of the endless treasures of the Milky Way
Like any other galaxy, this enormous group of stars, gas and dust that we call Milky Way is today very different from what it was in a distant past. Discover how a galactic archeologist tries to reveal its past.
LARGHISSIMO: Interactive sound installation about space-time
A collective exhibition of sound installations about the concept of “time” includes an immersive interactive experience inspired on space-time and gravitational waves, produced by three artists and curated by the platform Eufonia, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
The Universe
How to forge the most dazzling furnaces of the Milky Way
Let’s imagine several tens of Suns packed in a single star. The final tremendous explosion of such a huge star is felt a long way across the galaxy. Luckily, stars like this are rare, and the reason lies at their birthplace.
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Massive stars’ formation paradigm
This infographic represents the paradigm of star formation based on the idea of matter flowing down filaments in nebulae.
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Planetary quiz: There’s no other home like Earth
There’s nothing better than to discover distant and inhospitable places for us to value something very rare: our own blue planet. Test what you know about some bizarre worlds in the Solar System and beyond, in a quiz conducted by IA young researchers.
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Space climate: Storm in orbit
The Sun, that quiet disc in the blue sky, is sometimes the source of extreme events that menace our highly technological society. IA researchers answer questions in a live session dedicated to space climate.
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