Three regions on the sky selected for the dive into the deep Universe
The Euclid space telescope knows already where and when to dive deep in the dark Universe, and the locations on the sky have been chosen with the collaboration of researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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TESS first light on stellar physics
Among 32 thousand stars observed, a team led by a researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço discovered five rare stars of a subgroup of peculiar magnetic stars that are authentic stellar laboratories.
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Forecasting the hunt for the first supermassive black holes
A study predicting the number of supermassive black holes in the early Universe within the reach of future X-ray and radio observatories was led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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On Pluto the Winter is approaching, and the atmosphere is vanishing into frost
A study that gathers fourteen years of observations of Pluto had the participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Discovery of a nova remnant confirms 2,000-year-old observation
This discovery, with the participation of a researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), confirms one of the oldest observations to reach present day, measured by Chinese astronomers in 48 b.C.
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The building blocks for astronomically literate citizens
The first global document that proposes a definition for Astronomy Literacy is published today in open-access, and Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) is one of the authoring institutions.
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The image never seen before
The first image of a black hole was announced today, the result of an international project with the participation of a collaborator of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Spectral synthesis codes with no ionized gas emission produce biased estimates of galactic properties
A novel code, developed by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, shows that previous population synthesis codes, which only account for stellar emission, underestimate galaxy properties like mass or age.
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