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The foundations are laid for the largest radiotelescope in the world

Conceção artística de discos que farão parte de uma das redes do SKA, na África do Sul.

It was signed the treaty for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, being Portugal one of its founding countries, and which has the scientific participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Ler mais

12 March, 201919 March, 2019

Kepler space telescope confirms its first detection, ten years later

Imagem artística do sistema Kepler-1658.

The confirmation of exoplanet candidate Kepler-1658 b, a hot jupiter 2545 light-years away, had the participation of a researcher from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Ler mais

5 March, 201918 March, 2019

A super earth in the Solar System’s neighborhood

Imagem artística de uma super-Terra em órbita de uma estrela anã vermelha.

The discovery of super earth Gl411b, only eight light-years away, with three times the mass of the Earth, had the participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers. Ler mais

19 February, 201918 March, 2019

Head-on collision between distant worlds

Representação artística do que terá sido o impacto que terá originado o sistema Terra-Lua.

The first evidence outside the Solar System of the occurrence of planet impacts had the participation of a researcher associated with the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Ler mais

6 February, 2019

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. Ler mais

16 January, 2018

Water in the Universe: the water pathway

Nebula in the region of Perseu molecular cloud

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. Ler mais

31 March, 201616 February, 2018

Activities

Upcoming activities

Noites no Observatório – Extraordinary Space Meeting

30 March, Lisboa

Free entrance

This month, we invite you to a special meeting, where we will discuss some of the most inspiring and relevant topics in space exploration.

Past activities

Noites no Observatório – Strange lifeforms

23 February, Lisboa

Free entrance

Are there on Earth organisms capable of surviving in the conditions found in other planets of the Solar System? Let's explore the limits of what we can consider as living.

Noites no Observatório – Planets to the sound of the stars

26 January, Lisboa

Free entrance

This month, in the session Noites no Observatório, learn how astronomers "listen" to the sound of the stars, and then use that information to characterise with very high detail the planets around them.

Mars 2030: Session 4 – Beyond Mars

12 January, Lisboa

Which other places in the Solar System can we try to inhabit? Will the future generations have a colony awaiting them on one exoplanet? A conversation with researchers Nuno Santos and Ricardo Louro about going beyond Mars.