![Sobreposição de dados do MUSE numa imagem do enxame M22, obtida pelo telescópio espacial Hubble.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019mai03_1-388x220.jpg)
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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![Document “Big Ideas in Astronomy: A Proposed Definition of Astronomy Literacy”](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/noticia-area-cc2-1-388x220.jpg)
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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![A primeira imagem de um buraco negro super-massivo foi obtida pelo projeto internacional Event Horizon Telescope](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/eso1907a-752x423-388x220.jpg)
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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![Galáxia espiral NGC 1964](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019abr05_1-388x220.jpg)
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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Astronomy and Astrophysics courses back in 2019
The Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) will run 13 Astronomy and Astrophysics courses for the general public in 2019, covering
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![Conceção artística de discos que farão parte de uma das redes do SKA, na África do Sul.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SKA1_SA_wideangle_752x423-388x220.jpg)
The foundations are laid for the largest radiotelescope in the world
It was signed the treaty for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, being Portugal one of its founding countries, and which has the scientific participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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![Imagem artística do sistema Kepler-1658.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019mar05_1-752px-388x220.jpg)
Kepler space telescope confirms its first detection, ten years later
The confirmation of exoplanet candidate Kepler-1658 b, a hot jupiter 2545 light-years away, had the participation of a researcher from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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![Imagem partilhada por Vanessa Dias no Twitter em novembro de 2018 e premiada no concurso #SpaceSelfie, organizado pela Agência Espacial Europeia (ESA), e vista aérea das plataformas de lançamento na base espacial da ESA em Kourou, na Guiana Francesa.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/redes-sociais-388x220.png)
Space rocket is waiting for a Portuguese selfie
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Vanessa Dias as one of the four people awarded, at an European level, in the photography contest #SpaceSelfie, which took
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