NewAthena space telescope will reveal the primordial Universe
Using modern cosmological simulations, a team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) has predicted that ESA’s future X-ray observatory will detect an unprecedented number of supermassive black holes at the edge of the Universe
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Black hole with off-the-chart growth discovered in the early Universe
Observed by a team, that includes several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), this black hole—containing a billion solar masses—has a growth rate 2.4 times above the expected limit for this type of object
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First scientific results from the NIRPS spectrograph
More than 140 experts contributed to the project of this new infrared spectrograph, including several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers
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PLATO space mission gets closer to space
This European Space Agency mission, with strong involvement from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, reached a major milestone
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The “Born-Again Dynamo” of the Sun’s Elder Twin
Led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, the team made new magnetic measurements of β Hydri, a star analogous to the future Sun, to reveal surprising activity
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New catalogue reveals major gap in knowledge about the most extreme objects in the Universe
Using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, collected over 16 years, a team led by a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço has revealed that we do not know the distance to most of the highest-energy cosmic sources ever detected — a fact that has significant implications for our understanding of the most extreme phenomena in the Universe.
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Jarle Brinchmann is the new Director of Science of the European Southern Observatory
The until now coordinator of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço and professor at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, will
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Euclid Space Telescope reveals multiple discoveries
Based on 34 articles published today, the Euclid Consortium, which includes several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, revealed a large number of new scientific results
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