European Space Agency orders IA’s optical technology
An optical calibration system produced by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) for the PLATO space mission has been trusted by the European Space Agency (ESA) for a third direct order, outside the consortium.
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Portuguese researchers use NASA tool to try to solve several mysteries of the Solar System
A team of researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) analysed observations of the atmosphere of Solar System planets, together with a simulator of chemical abundances, to help answering questions about life outside Earth, volcanism on Venus, and the water history on Mars.
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The secret of Venus may be hidden in the heat of the night
The most complete profile of Venus winds parallel to the equator on the nightside launches fresh clues on the possible link between the rampant greenhouse effect of the atmosphere and the violence of the winds at the top of the cloud deck, according to a new study led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço.
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New planet detected around star closest to the Sun
The exoplanet, named Proxima d, was detected by a team lead by an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher, and is
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Rare super-mercury discovered
With data from NASA’s Kepler space mission and ESO’s HARPS and CORALIE spectrographs, a team lead by an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências
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CHEOPS reveals a rugby ball-shaped exoplanet
This research, lead by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher Susana Barros, is the first time that the deformation of an
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Unique Star catalog made available by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciência dos Espaço
The SWEET-Cat catalog, created and made available by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, allows the exoplanet community to access high
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ESPRESSO spectrograph measures fundamental constant of the Universe
The ESPRESSO spectrograph, installed at the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, was recently used to measure the fine-structure constant, one of the
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