Astronomers discover irregularities in the core of red giants
This work, developed at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, in collaboration with researchers from Italy and France, used a technique known as asteroseismology to peer inside old stars
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IA co-organized Sub-Saharan Africa advanced astronomy school
The first edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa Astronomy Summer School (SSAASS), which took place between the 19th and 30th of September, in Uganda,
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IA researchers among the most influential worldwide in 2021
The newest version of the world ranking of most cited researchers includes seven researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço
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IA collaborator receives award from Fundação Eng. António de Almeida
The award was attributed for the best thesis in physical sciences, for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 Lean more (in Portuguese )
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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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