![Artistic impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disc](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017jul05_3-1-388x220.jpg)
Evidence discovered for two distinct giant planet populations
This result, discovered by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), hints at the existence of two separate formation mechanisms for giant exoplanets.
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![Image of the project of Joana Santos](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017jun22_1-e1508965599853-388x220.jpg)
Design and Astronomy in display at Fabrica Features
A design exhibition includes science communication projects, resulting from a partnership between the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço and the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon.
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![Artistic image for PLATO News](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017jun20_1-1-388x220.jpg)
European Space Agency Adopts PLATO mission
This mission, in which Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) is a partner, was adopted today by ESA’s Scientific Programme Committee.
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![Imagem noturna de Vénus obtida no infravermelho](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/noticia_areacc-388x220.jpg)
A preview of the Venus atmosphere in 3D
The first approach to the global dynamics of the atmosphere of Venus is the product of a worldwide collaboration, which includes a team at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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FADO: a ground-breaking tool to reconstruct the history of galaxies
Developed by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, FADO is a novel approach in the study of galaxies, using genetic algorithms.
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![Artist’s impression of the super-Earth exoplanet LHS 1140b](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017abr20_1-388x220.jpg)
Super Earth May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life
The team, which includes Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Nuno Santos, found this rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star.
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![Giant reservoirs of hydrogen gas about 10 billion light years away.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017mar29_1-388x220.jpg)
Expanding super bubble of gas detected around massive black holes in the young Universe
These distant radio galaxies can be used by the team, led by researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), as laboratories to study the history of galaxy evolution in the Universe.
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Meridional wind on Venus was detected for the first time in both hemispheres
A third system of winds was detected on Venus and may help explain the super-rotation of the atmosphere on this planet, according to a study by an international team led by a researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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