Ignite IAstro – Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Free entrance
Researchers from 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.
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Extraordinary Space Meeting
Free entrance
This month, we invite you to a special meeting, where we will discuss some of the most inspiring and relevant topics in space exploration.
Strange lifeforms
Free entrance
Are there on Earth organisms capable of surviving in the conditions found in other planets of the Solar System? Let's explore the limits of what we can consider as living.
Planets to the sound of the stars
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This month, in the session Noites no Observatório, learn how astronomers "listen" to the sound of the stars, and then use that information to characterise with very high detail the planets around them.
Surviving on Mars
Mars 2030: Session 3
How can a staffed space mission survive on Mars? Which mineral and energetic resources will be available? A conversation with Isabel Abreu e Pedro Machado about surviving on Mars.
Beyond Mars
Mars 2030: Session 4
Which other places in the Solar System can we try to inhabit? Will the future generations have a colony awaiting them on one exoplanet? A conversation with researchers Nuno Santos and Ricardo Louro about going beyond Mars.
Going to Mars
Mars 2030: Session 2
To leave Earth and to travel to the red planet implies countless technological and physiological challenges. What will we need to go, to survive and to be able to return? A conversation with researchers Rui Agostinho and Pedro Fevereiro about journeys to Mars.
A Christmas away from Earth
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This Christmas, set on a journey through the planets and moons of the Solar System and discover some of their secrets.
