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Imagem obtida no infravermelho pela câmara IR2 da sonda Akatsuki, da agência espacial japonesa JAXA, processada, invertida e colorizad

13 May, 202112 May, 2021

Going up is the new move on Venus

The largest ever quest for atmospheric wave patterns on the night side of Venus, and a new window onto vertical winds, are the two recent major insights into the super rotating cloud level of the planet, made by researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

Esta imagem mostra o aspeto da atmosfera de Vénus ao nível das nuvens, entre 50 e 70 quilómetros de altitude, muito abaixo da alta mesosfera e termosfera, onde não existem nuvens.

15 April, 202115 April, 2021

Supercomputers are clearing up the Venus’ skies

The most precise version of the full-physics 3D model of the atmosphere of Venus gives insights into its highly unstable and largely unexplored outer layers, according to two new studies, each co-authored and led by researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

6 April, 20216 April, 2021

Portuguese team moves forward towards the implementation of the MOONS spectrograph

One of the components of the MOONS spectrograph, designed by a team from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), is about to travel to the Paranal Observatory, in Chile, after passing the stage of “Preliminary Acceptance in Europe”. Read more

1 April, 2021

IA research project featured by the European Union

The project “PULSATION” is featured in CORDIS, which gathers results from all UE funded research. The European Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Read more

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5 - 10 May, 2021 Lisboa

Estúdio Prisma

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).

24 April, 2021

Inhabiting other Planets

How will it be possible, in Mars, to do such simple and essential things like breathe or drink a glass of water? Learn the challenges that will need to be overcome before a human colony can succeed in another planet.

27 March, 2021

O Universo Online - Mundos inesperados na nossa galáxia

Unexpected worlds in our Galaxy

If you would like to have a really eccentric holiday home, there are very weird planets in our Galaxy for you to choose from. The hard task rests with the astronomers, as Sérgio Sousa, of IA, will explain.

12 March, 2021

Reading Week 2021
How the sky shines in the words

Join our five guests on a conversation about reading, books, and how the sky becomes much brighter inside us through what we learn about it while reading.

The Universe

Science with Impact: Searching for the youngest galaxies

Discover how it is possible the study the galaxies formed in the early stages of the Universe and how new telescopes, with a strong Portuguese contribution, will allow us to go beyond the present borders of scientific knowledge. José Afonso was in Science with Impact. Read more

14 May, 2021

Science with Impact: Unfold the secrets of the Universe

Did you know that we cannot observe the whole Universe directly using our eyes? José Afonso talks about the different types of radiation that help us explore it in Science with Impact. Read more

14 May, 202114 May, 2021

Inhabiting other Planets

How will it be possible, in Mars, to do such simple and essential things like breathe or drink a glass of water? Will humans ever visit Venus? Learn the challenges that will need to be overcome before a human colony can succeed in another world. Read more

30 April, 2021

Atividade de divulgação da astronomia, no Planetário do Porto – Centro Ciência Viva

Citizen Astronomy: what scientific discovery have you made today?

New scientific studies are published daily, many of them with the participation of citizens with no specialisation in the topic. Learn about the powerful way of producing knowledge that enables, all of us, to contribute in the construction of science. Read more

9 April, 2021

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Going up is the new move on Venus

Supercomputers are clearing up the Venus’ skies

Portuguese team moves forward towards the implementation of the MOONS spectrograph

IA research project featured by the European Union

Activities

Upcoming activities

Past activities

LARGHISSIMO: Interactive sound installation about space-time

Inhabiting other Planets

Unexpected worlds in our Galaxy

Reading Week 2021
How the sky shines in the words

The Universe

Science with Impact: Searching for the youngest galaxies

Science with Impact: Unfold the secrets of the Universe

Inhabiting other Planets

Citizen Astronomy: what scientific discovery have you made today?

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