![Imagem artística, com detalhe do exoplaneta Corot-7b.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015Set17_banner-388x220.jpg)
Stellar atmosphere can be used to predict the composition of rocky exoplanets
These results, obtained by researchers from the ExoEarths team at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), also allows for a better understanding of the frequency of habitable planets in our galaxy.
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![Formação de estrelas e os seus planetas na maternidade de estrelas de Touro](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015Set09_banner-388x220.jpg)
Gas giant in baby star
The discovery of evidence of Hot Jupiters around newly-born stars, is co-authored by Pedro Figueira, from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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![Imagem artística do exoplaneta HD219134 b.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015Jul31_banner-388x220.jpg)
Closest rocky transiting exoplanet observed
The discovery of the HD219134 planetary system, 21.2 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, is co-authored by Pedro Figueira, from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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![Impressão artística da CR7, uma galáxia muito distante.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015jun17_banner-388x220.jpg)
Discovery of CR7 galaxy reveals first stars in the Universe
David Sobral, from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences has discovered the brightest distant galaxy and signs of the first generation of stars in the Universe.
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![Imagem radio que mostra a onda de choque (tsunami cósmico) a propagar-se pelo enxame.](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015Abr24_1_800px-388x220.jpg)
Cosmic Tsunami brings galaxies back to life
David Sobral, from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA), and an international team, found that colossal shock waves rise galaxies from the dead.
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![Imagem artística do exoplaneta 51 Pegasi b](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015abr22_banner-388x220.jpg)
First Exoplanet Visible Light Spectrum
20 years after its discovery, researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) managed to directly observe exoplanet 51 Pegasi b.
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![Vénus no ultravioleta](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Venus_Clouds_br-388x220.jpg)
Half a century mystery unveiled in the atmosphere of Venus
The mysterious “Y” shaped cloud in the atmosphere of Venus was, for the first time, explained in a study that counts with the participation of researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA).
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![Imagem artística do sistema Kepler-444](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015Jan27_banner-388x220.jpg)
“Astro-archeology” reveals ancient system with 5 earth-sized exoplanets
An international team, which includes researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), detected five ancient exoplanets in the Kepler-444 system, with sizes between Mercury and Venus.
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