
Supercomputers are clearing up the Venus’ skies
The most precise version of the full-physics 3D model of the atmosphere of Venus gives insights into its highly unstable and largely unexplored outer layers, according to two new studies, each co-authored and led by researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Portuguese team moves forward towards the implementation of the MOONS spectrograph
One of the components of the MOONS spectrograph, designed by a team from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), is about to travel to the Paranal Observatory, in Chile, after passing the stage of “Preliminary Acceptance in Europe”.
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IA research project featured by the European Union
The European Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS), has featured IA’s project PULSATION in its “Results in Brief”. CORDIS is the European Commission’s primary source of results for all projects funded by the EU’s framework programmes for research and innovation.
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Portuguese solution for Athena space telescope was given green light by ESA
The optical component, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), and which will be part of the future European space telescope for X-ray astronomy, has passed the requirements review and will now start the project phase.
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First observations of Cosmic Web filaments
With observations from the MUSE spectrograph, a team or researchers, including from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), has managed to
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A new method to measure stellar inclinations
Led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, a new study developed a method to measure, in an automatic way,
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IA researchers among World’s scientists of greatest impact
A list of the World’s most cited scientists includes six researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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