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13 May, 202029 January, 2021

A new machine learning tool to derive stellar parameters

A team from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço developed an automatic computational tool, able to quickly and reliably derive stellar parameters of red dwarf stars. Read more

11 May, 202015 October, 2021

Awarded Euclid’s exploration track

A prize from one of the large European Space Agency missions was awarded to a team with a strong participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

16 April, 202029 January, 2021

CHEOPS observes its first exoplanet

ESA’s new exoplanet mission, CHEOPS, has successfully completed its almost three months of in-orbit commissioning, exceeding expectations for its performance, and observed its first exoplanet. Read more

13 April, 202029 January, 2021

Unraveling formation time-scales of galactic bulges

In a new study lead by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), researchers provided new insights into galaxy formation and evolution. Read more

Image of a dust storm on Mars taken in 2007 by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, of NASA.

17 March, 202029 January, 2021

Waves in thin air with wide effects

Understanding a type of air waves in the Mars’ atmosphere improves the meteorology for the red planet, according to a study led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

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Imagem do dia das mulheres e raparigas na astronomia

International Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy 2026

The Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) and the Planetarium of Porto – Ciência Viva Science Centre (PP-CCV) join the celebrations of the International Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy with a series of videos featuring women researchers from different areas of Astrophysics, showcasing their work and the career options available in this scientific field.

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O disco da Via Láctea fotografado no deserto do Atacama, no Chile

100 years ago, the Milky Way was displaced from the centre of the Universe

Precisely a century ago, the New York Times newspaper announced that the Andromeda nebula was after all another “island universe”, so big or even bigger than the Milky Way. The Universe had just increased tenfold. Read more

26 November, 202426 November, 2024

Representação artística do exoplaneta K2-18b, mais pequeno que Neptuno, um planeta recentemente observado pelo telescópio espacial James Webb

On breezes never before sailed

With more than five thousand planets already discovered in orbit of other stars, scientists are now launching a new era of surprising discoveries about the exotic atmospheres of these distant worlds. Article by Tomás Silva in National Geographic Portugal. Read more

14 November, 202426 November, 2024

Most detailed map of our galaxy in infrared

Thirteen years of observations led to the most detailed map of Milky Way. Nanda Kumar, an IA collaborator, talked to the podcast Palavra de Cientista about it. Read more

14 November, 2024

Conceção artística de um planeta nómada, ou errante, com a nebulosa NGC 1333 apresentada em fundo. Os planetas errantes, n

In search of the planets that are truly wanderers

They are worlds much like planets, but not towed to a star. Were they born in a cradle of stars, or are they planets thrown out from their orbits and left to their own fortune? Article by Koraljka Mužić in National Geographic Portugal. Read more

14 October, 202426 November, 2024

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