New catalogue reveals major gap in knowledge about the most extreme objects in the Universe
Using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, collected over 16 years, a team led by a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço has revealed that we do not know the distance to most of the highest-energy cosmic sources ever detected — a fact that has significant implications for our understanding of the most extreme phenomena in the Universe.
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Jarle Brinchmann is the new Director of Science of the European Southern Observatory
The until now coordinator of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço and professor at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, will
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Euclid Space Telescope reveals multiple discoveries
Based on 34 articles published today, the Euclid Consortium, which includes several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, revealed a large number of new scientific results
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First 3D observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere
In an article published today in Nature, a team, with several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, was able to map three separate layers in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-121b
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ESPRESSO detects super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star
The exoplanet HD 20974 d, discovered by a team that includes several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, has an orbit
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James Webb Space Telescope offers best glimpse into the ice of the early Solar System
A team that includes an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify, categorize its chemistry, dynamics and place of birth of a few Trans-Neptunian Objects
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Portuguese researcher participates in the planing of a NASA telescope
The Roman space telescope will have a contribution from the European Space Agency (ESA), which selected for one of the committees of this north-American consortium a researcher of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) for his experience in the Euclid Consortium.
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New technology from IA closer to go into orbit
European Space Agency (ESA) approved the first prototype of a precision system for the largest X-ray telescope, developed by a team led by the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA).
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