European Space Agency Extends CHEOPS Mission Until 2029
The decision by the European Space Agency (ESA) recognizes the satellite’s exceptional performance, as well as the maturity of the team led in Portugal by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço
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Book celebrates two decades of the international collaborations that revolutionized the study of stars
Co-edited by the Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto and the Aarhus Space Centre, this book brings together testimonies and the history of the KASC and TASC scientific consortia, which have played a leading role in some of the most significant advances in modern asteroseismology
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Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço organizes the largest world conference in Exoplanets
The conference Exoplanets 6, organized by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, will take place in Alfândega do Porto
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ESA adopts galactic archaeology mission
The ARRAKIHS mission, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, will enable Europe to lead the exploration of the low-surface-brightness Universe
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Telescope made in Portugal starts operations in Chile
A team from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço successfully concluded the installation of the first solar telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Designed to support the search for exoplanets, the PoET telescope will study the Sun with unprecedented precision, leading to further understanding how stellar activity influences the detection of worlds beyond our Solar System.
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IA reseacher awarded prize by the European Astronomical Society
A researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço received the MERAC Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Observational Astrophysics, attributed by the European Astronomical Society
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ALMA reveals that “dormant” galaxies hide more life than previously thought
An international team, including a researcher from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA), has used the ALMA microwave telescope to uncover hidden reservoirs of gas and dust in inactive galaxies
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Cheops discovers a late bloomer exoplanet
A team, featuring several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, published in the prestigious journal Science, the discovery of an exoplanet that defies current planet formation theories
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