IA astronomers featured in “Women in Science 2023”
The forth edition of the book Mulheres na Ciência (Women in Science) adds two more researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do
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IA co-organized Sub-Saharan Africa advanced astronomy school
The first edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa Astronomy Summer School (SSAASS), which took place between the 19th and 30th of September, in Uganda,
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IA researchers among the most influential worldwide in 2021
The newest version of the world ranking of most cited researchers includes seven researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço
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Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
The team, lead by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, discovered barium in the atmosphere of ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b
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Two rare super-mercuries discovered around the same star
Led by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, the discovery of these two exoplanets in the same system provides clues
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Planet hunter with portuguese DNA reveals its first images
The NIRPS spectrograph, developed and build with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, will observe the Universe in
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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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Portuguese researchers use NASA tool to try to solve several mysteries of the Solar System
A team of researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) analysed observations of the atmosphere of Solar System planets, together with a simulator of chemical abundances, to help answering questions about life outside Earth, volcanism on Venus, and the water history on Mars.
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