Artificial Intelligence helps in the identification of astronomical objects
SHEEP is a new artificial intelligence software, developed by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, in Portugal, to help classify
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News
From academia to the rest of the world
The SKIES training in Portugal, organized by the IA, aimed at broadening the career perspectives of PhD students in Portugal, by improving their self-awareness and bridging the gap between the skills acquired in academia and those required in industry, private companies and non-research career options.
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European Research Council grants 2,5 million euro fund to develop new methods for the detection of other earths in the Universe
For the next 5 years, project FIERCE, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher Nuno Cardoso Santos, will develop new
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European Space Agency orders IA’s optical technology
An optical calibration system produced by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) for the PLATO space mission has been trusted by the European Space Agency (ESA) for a third direct order, outside the consortium.
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Activities
Upcoming activities
Forecasting the Climate, on Earth and in Space
Two researchers, of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, will introduce two topics climate-related: Climate Change, or the impact of human activities on our planet, and Space Weather, or the impact of solar activity on our increasingly technological society.
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Past activities
An ESPRESSO to Other Worlds
Nearly all the stars we see in the sky have planets around them. This motivated a Portuguese astronomy and engineering adventure in the World's driest desert. Among photographs and memories of this adventure, join us and experience this desire to find other “Earths” in the Universe.
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Stars for Ukraine – Relief Astronomy Event
The Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) joins the solidarity movement for Ukraine, and organises a free astronomy event to collect goods to be sent to refugee populations from Ukraine.
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The Universe
The Proxima worlds: our galactic neighbours
A conversation with four IA researchers on the most likely destination for the first interstellar mission – the three worlds around Proxima Centauri (the closest star to the Sun), the most recent discovered by a team led by an IAstro researcher. A conversation with infographics by IA and a selection of video clips by ESO.
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From dream to reality: engineering for Space
How to plan, design and build instruments to be used in astronomy? Between the curiosity about the Universe and high precision engineering, listen to Alexandre Cabral, of IAstro, in conversation at Antena 1 (in Portuguese).
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Space 2022: The new year through the telescope
Learn what will come from above in the new year. IA researchers anticipate discoveries and significant leaps in several domains in the study of the Universe.
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James Webb Space Telescope: high definition Science also for Portugal
The new James Webb space telescope is a jewel of technology, and starting from 2022 will reveal a sharper, deeper and older Universe. Its main window of observation is infrared light, produced by warm or cool bodies and environments, targets of many lines of research by the Portuguese scientific community.
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