CHEOPS mission extension has begun
Several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço have leadership roles in this mission from the European Space Agency (ESA).
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News
A deeper understanding of solar physics with the help of machine learning
There’s a great potential in the application of machine learning to the prediction of extreme solar events, or to the study of internal processes within our star, states a research article co-authored by a researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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1000 planets’ telescope proceeds to construction
The European Space Agency validated the design of the scientific instruments of the Ariel space mission, which has an important participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA)
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Name of Portuguese astrophysicist shines in the nightsky
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) named an asteroid after an astrophysicist from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA).
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Exoplanet in orbit of a red giant star escapes destruction
The planet 8 UMi b, also known as Halla, seems to have survived the expansion of its host star to red giant phase. This discovery, published in the prestigious journal Nature, has the participation of a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço.
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Activities
Upcoming activities
We are planning new activities for you. Donʼt miss our regular programme subscribing to the monthly newsletter (in Portuguese).Past activities
Ignite IAstro – Marco de Canaveses
Researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço will take us on a journey from the Solar System to the edge of the Universe in five-minute presentations.
Free entrance
Star Party – Autumn Moonlight
Despite the cooler nights, the night sky keeps its charm and a partial lunar eclipse calls for a star party in the Ajuda Astronomical Observatory
Free entrance
Resources and Contents
Revealed – and commented – the first images of the Euclid mission
Three IA researchers and members of the Euclid Consortium comment the first coloured images of the Euclid space mission. Dive into these images and learn about them in detail in the article published on National Geographic Portugal.
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Caught in the cosmic web – from galaxies to super-clusters
Galaxies like to be together and socialize, sometimes to the thousands. In galaxy clusters some are dominant, but what keeps them together can’t be seen. Article by Davi Barbosa on National Geographic Portugal
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Unearthing fossils from the Big Bang: the Cosmic Microwave Background
There’s a light that fills the whole Universe. It’s the oldest light. As a fossil, it is an image with information about the origins and up to the first galaxies, explains Elsa Teixeira, in her article published in the National Geographic Portugal magazine.
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Venus and other cosmic neighbours and missions to explore them
In an interview for the podcast O Futuro do Futuro from Expresso, Pedro Machado tells us about Venus, Mars and other “neighbouring” planets and moons from our cosmic backyard called Solar System, and about space missions to study them.
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