Citizen Science project integrates elementary school teachers in research
CoAstro is a citizen science project, developed by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço and at the Science Faculty of
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News
Planet hunter with portuguese DNA reveals its first images
The NIRPS spectrograph, developed and build with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, will observe the Universe in
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Artificial Intelligence helps in the identification of astronomical objects
SHEEP is a new artificial intelligence software, developed by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, in Portugal, to help classify
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From academia to the rest of the world
The SKIES training in Portugal, organized by the IA, aimed at broadening the career perspectives of PhD students in Portugal, by improving their self-awareness and bridging the gap between the skills acquired in academia and those required in industry, private companies and non-research career options.
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Activities
Upcoming activities
Planetália – The Planets’ Party
With a privileged view over the sky to the South, the Museum of Lisbon – Roman Theatre is an excellent location to observe with telescopes the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter. This is also a chance for the whole family to learn more about planetary systems.
Free entrance
Past activities
Dark Sky Party Alqueva 2022
Enjoy a full weekend under the starry skies of Alqueva with the activities offered by IA within the programme of Dark Sky Party Alqueva 2022.
Free entrance
Which Portuguese name would you link to the discovery of another “Earth”?
Help us choose a Portuguese name for the PLATO spacecraft. It will honour an astronomer that somehow laid the path to PLATO's science.
The Universe
Be dazzled with the night sky in Portugal, following this guide
There are places like this: the night falls and the sky becomes full of starlight. It isn’t that hard to find them, and there are people to help. It is really worthwhile. Do the first step, with this article under the partnership between IA and National Geographic.
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How to find a black hole
On a photographic safari, the equipment is essential. But if we aim to picture a black hole, first we have to know what we are looking for, and where it is hidden. Here we explain some of the strategies, in another article in partnership with National Geographic.
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The Proxima worlds: our galactic neighbours
A conversation with four IA researchers on the most likely destination for the first interstellar mission – the three worlds around Proxima Centauri (the closest star to the Sun), the most recent discovered by a team led by an IAstro researcher. A conversation with infographics by IA and a selection of video clips by ESO.
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From dream to reality: engineering for Space
How to plan, design and build instruments to be used in astronomy? Between the curiosity about the Universe and high precision engineering, listen to Alexandre Cabral, of IAstro, in conversation at Antena 1 (in Portuguese).
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