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A radiogaláxia gigante MGTC J095959.63+024608.6, detetada com o radiotelescópio MeerKAT.

Cosmic giants launch a new era in radio astronomy

The discovery of two new giant galaxies in the radio emission suggests that many more of these impressive structures are about to be revealed, according to an international study with the collaboration of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

5 January, 20215 January, 2021

Creating with Scratch about Astronomy and Technology

For the fourth consecutive year, the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) supports the national programming competition “A Criar com Scratch!” (Creating with Scratch!) setting as a theme for the 2021 edition “Astronomy and Technology”. Read more

18 November, 202018 November, 2020

ESPRESSO spectrograph studies exoplanetary atmospheres

The results, which will soon be published in three papers with the participation of several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) Read more

13 November, 2020

Ariel mission formally adopted by the European Space Agency

This ESA mission, the first dedicated to study the nature, formation and evolution of exoplanets, has a strong participation of several researchers from Instituto Read more

21 October, 202021 October, 2020

Third school year travelling in Space on a ride with books

Motivating children and young people to Astronomy and Space Sciences through inspiring readings is the goal of Ler+ Espaço (‘Read more Space’), a national project on its third round, in partnership with Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

Imagem artística do exoplaneta aquático LHS 1140 b

16 October, 202021 October, 2020

A water world in another planetary system

An international team, including several researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), studied in detail the LHS 1140 system and Read more

28 September, 202021 October, 2020

First results from CHEOPS reveal peculiar star and extreme exoplanet

The exoplanet WASP-189 b, detected by a team including several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, has a temperature of Read more

26 August, 202026 August, 2020

New study questions decades of research on the evolution of spiral galaxies

Previous studies on the formation and evolution of spiral galaxies might have been based on a wrong assumption, suggests a team of researchers of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Read more

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