A Universe Aglow
Observations made with the MUSE spectrograph, with the collaboration of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), allowed for direct detection of the invisible glow of Lyman-alpha emission, from dim clouds of hydrogen in the early Universe.
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IA at the Light Festival
Between September 21st and 23rd, the town of Cascais becomes illuminated with another edition of Lumina – Light Festival. Artistic creations exploring light
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Uncovering the birthplace of the Sun in the Milky Way
An international team, which includes the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Vardan Adibekyan, has discovered a way to estimate
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Groundbreaking study sheds new light on galaxy evolution
Researchers of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) have found strong indications that the two different types of bulges in the center of spiral galaxies are not the result of distinct formation processes, but actually the opposite ends of a continuous formation timescale, inversely related to the total mass of the galaxy.
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Portuguese scientists in NASA mission to hunt exoplanets
The TESS satellitte, expected to launch next Monday has the involvement of several researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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The communication of Astronomy done at IA was present at the largest ever conference in this field
The Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) was present at the Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2018 Conference, which was held in Japan between the 24th and the 28th of March
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3D map of the Universe in its infancy reveals 4 thousand young galaxies
An international team, with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Ana Afonso and led by IA’s collaborator
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