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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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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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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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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A super earth in the Solar System’s neighborhood
The discovery of super earth Gl411b, only eight light-years away, with three times the mass of the Earth, had the participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers.
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Head-on collision between distant worlds
The first evidence outside the Solar System of the occurrence of planet impacts had the participation of a researcher associated with the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Japanese mission studies the mystery of Venus in collaboration with Portuguese researchers
Deep observations of the atmosphere of Venus, published in a new study with the participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), add to solving the puzzle of the “super-rotation” of the atmosphere of this planet.
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Cientificamente Provável: IA goes to the school libraries
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) joins the initiative “Cientificamente Provável” (Likely, Scientifically) with Astronomy talks and workshops in schools from
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