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Esta imagem mostra o aspeto da atmosfera de Vénus ao nível das nuvens, entre 50 e 70 quilómetros de altitude, muito abaixo da alta mesosfera e termosfera, onde não existem nuvens.

15 April, 202115 April, 2021

Supercomputers are clearing up the Venus’ skies

The most precise version of the full-physics 3D model of the atmosphere of Venus gives insights into its highly unstable and largely unexplored outer layers, according to two new studies, each co-authored and led by researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

6 April, 20216 April, 2021

Portuguese team moves forward towards the implementation of the MOONS spectrograph

One of the components of the MOONS spectrograph, designed by a team from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), is about to travel to the Paranal Observatory, in Chile, after passing the stage of “Preliminary Acceptance in Europe”. Read more

1 April, 2021

IA research project featured by the European Union

The project “PULSATION” is featured in CORDIS, which gathers results from all UE funded research. The European Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Read more

29 March, 2021

Project in innovation and entrepreneurship training for young researchers kicks-off

Project SKIES, in which Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) is involved, started this month. Read more

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27 March, 2021

O Universo Online - Mundos inesperados na nossa galáxia

Unexpected worlds in our Galaxy

If you would like to have a really eccentric holiday home, there are very weird planets in our Galaxy for you to choose from. The hard task rests with the astronomers, as Sérgio Sousa, of IA, will explain.

12 March, 2021

Reading Week 2021
How the sky shines in the words

Join our five guests on a conversation about reading, books, and how the sky becomes much brighter inside us through what we learn about it while reading.

27 February, 2021

The Phantom Universe

Part of the Universe we cannot see, but we feel it. More surprisingly, that is almost everything that exists, but we don't know what it is. Let's try to touch this phantom side of the Universe. Session with Tiago Barreiro, of IA and Universidade Lusófona.

11 February, 2021

International Women and Girls in Science Day 2021

In the International Women and Girls in Science Day 2021, IA researchers will answer questions posed on social media and test the knowledge of the participants in a fun quiz.

The Universe

Atividade de divulgação da astronomia, no Planetário do Porto – Centro Ciência Viva

Citizen Astronomy: what scientific discovery have you made today?

New scientific studies are published daily, many of them with the participation of citizens with no specialisation in the topic. Learn about the powerful way of producing knowledge that enables, all of us, to contribute in the construction of science. Read more

9 April, 2021

The turbulence inside the stars turns them into “musical instruments”.

Margarida Cunha, of IA, explained in TEDx Campo Santana how astrophysicists learn about stellar physics from listening to the “music” of the stars. Read more

7 April, 20217 April, 2021

“Conquering” the Milky Way, stars and planetary systems

In the series “Future Makers” from Porto University, Tiago Campante, from IA, talks about his professional career, the research in star oscillations, exoplanets and galactic archeology, and about the Portuguese participation in space missions. Read more

5 April, 20215 April, 2021

Mundos inesperados na nossa Galáxia (27 março, 2021)

Unexpected worlds in our Galaxy

There are very weird planets in our Galaxy to choose from. The hard task rests with the astronomers: how to explain such a diversity of worlds? Read more

1 April, 2021

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Supercomputers are clearing up the Venus’ skies

Portuguese team moves forward towards the implementation of the MOONS spectrograph

IA research project featured by the European Union

Project in innovation and entrepreneurship training for young researchers kicks-off

Activities

Upcoming activities

Past activities

Unexpected worlds in our Galaxy

Reading Week 2021
How the sky shines in the words

The Phantom Universe

International Women and Girls in Science Day 2021

The Universe

Citizen Astronomy: what scientific discovery have you made today?

The turbulence inside the stars turns them into “musical instruments”.

“Conquering” the Milky Way, stars and planetary systems

Unexpected worlds in our Galaxy

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