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26 August, 202026 August, 2020

New study questions decades of research on the evolution of spiral galaxies

Previous studies on the formation and evolution of spiral galaxies might have been based on a wrong assumption, suggests a team of researchers of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

18 August, 202024 September, 2020

Elementary school teachers participated in an astronomy research and outreach project

The results of the citizen science project CoAstro, a partnership between the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), the Science Faculty of the University of Porto and the Porto Planetarium – Ciência Viva Center, were recentely presented. Read more

Conceção artística do telescópio Euclid. Na imagem em fundo, do enxame de galáxias Abell 2744.

13 August, 202011 August, 2020

Euclid is closer to revealing the geometry and history of the Cosmos

The two scientific instruments of the Euclid mission will be integrated with the space telescope. Portugal, through the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), takes part in the planning and in the future science of this ambitious mission. Read more

5 August, 20205 August, 2020

Decades-long deep giant cloud disruption discovered on Venus

A planetary-scale cloud discontinuity has been periodically lashing the depths of the thick blanket of clouds on Venus for at least 35 years, says a study with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

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11 September, 2020

Astronomy in Questions and Answers – Special Event ENAA 2020

What if a panel of researchers answered the questions about the Universe you have always wanted to ask but never knew who to ask them? That is what will happen on the 11th of September, in the public event of the 30th Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica (ENAA 2020).

25 July, 2020

O Universo Online: À procura de uma outra Terra

Searching for another Earth

Learn how astronomers detect planets orbiting other stars, and how they can know, despite the distance, if any of them is similar to Earth, with Pedro Figueira, of ESO and IA (in Portuguese).

27 June, 2020

20 years of Portugal at ESO

Participate in an online session to celebrate twenty years of the expansion of Portuguese Astronomy with ESO. From the discoveries enabled by ESO telescopes to the adventure of building astronomical instruments at the leading-edge, there is plenty to celebrate.

30 May, 2020

Revele o Universo... com as suas perguntas

Reveal the Universe… with your questions

Discover the Universe asking questions to a panel of five IA researchers.

The Universe

Conceção artística do sistema planetário em torno da estrela anã vermelha Gliese 581.

How many Earths are there in the Milky Way?

In a clear night sky, the human eye can see some 3000 stars, all of them in our galactic neighbourhood. What we can’t see is, perhaps, a similar number of planets, outshined by the light of their host star. Is there among them an Earth 2.0? Read more

24 September, 202024 September, 2020

Astronomy in Questions and Answers

Discover more about the Universe, in a Q&A session with a panel of five researchers, included in the 30th Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica. Read more

15 September, 2020

Spiral galaxies. “All we knew was wrong”

Iris Breda explains how a new study about the composition of the disk and bulge of spiral galaxies can question part of what we know about their formation and evolution. Read more

28 August, 2020

Disrupção nas nuvens de Vénus - Akatsuki

Researchers find a giant “rip” on Venus

Pedro Machado explains the importance of the discovery of a giant disruption in the atmosphere of Venus and the reason why it was only discovered now. Read more

17 August, 202025 August, 2020

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