Rocky exoplanet with just half the mass of Venus discovered
The team, which includes several resesarchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), shed new light on the exoplanets orbiting the
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Unique exoplanet photobombs Cheops study of nearby star system
While exploring two exoplanets in the bright nearby star Nu2 Lupi, ESA’s Cheops satellite has unexpectedly spotted the system’s third known planet crossing
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Asteroid named after Portuguese astrophysicist
The asteroid (40210) 1998 SL56 is now designated (40210) Peixinho, the name of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) and University of Coimbra researcher.
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Dark Energy Survey reveals that the Universe is just slightly less clumpy than predicted
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration, which includes a researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), created the most precise map, so far, of the shapes and the distribution of the galaxies in the Universe.
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New pole of IA in the University of Coimbra
With the creation of the University of Coimbra pole, the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) is now present in three
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Going up is the new move on Venus
The largest ever quest for atmospheric wave patterns on the night side of Venus, and a new window onto vertical winds, are the two recent major insights into the super rotating cloud level of the planet, made by researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Supercomputers are clearing up the Venus’ skies
The most precise version of the full-physics 3D model of the atmosphere of Venus gives insights into its highly unstable and largely unexplored outer layers, according to two new studies, each co-authored and led by researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Portuguese team moves forward towards the implementation of the MOONS spectrograph
One of the components of the MOONS spectrograph, designed by a team from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), is about to travel to the Paranal Observatory, in Chile, after passing the stage of “Preliminary Acceptance in Europe”.
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