
Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
The team, lead by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, discovered barium in the atmosphere of ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b
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Two rare super-mercuries discovered around the same star
Led by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, the discovery of these two exoplanets in the same system provides clues
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals unprecedented details of a stellar nursery
An international team that includes a collaborator from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), revealed the first images of the
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Students from all over the globe participated in the IAstro summer internships
With a record number of applications, the summer internships of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço took place during the month of July.
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Citizen Science project integrates elementary school teachers in research
CoAstro is a citizen science project, developed by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço and at the Science Faculty of
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Planet hunter with portuguese DNA reveals its first images
The NIRPS spectrograph, developed and build with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, will observe the Universe in
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Artificial Intelligence helps in the identification of astronomical objects
SHEEP is a new artificial intelligence software, developed by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, in Portugal, to help classify
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From academia to the rest of the world
The SKIES training in Portugal, organized by the IA, aimed at broadening the career perspectives of PhD students in Portugal, by improving their self-awareness and bridging the gap between the skills acquired in academia and those required in industry, private companies and non-research career options.
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