Revealing the origin and nature of the outskirts of stellar megalopolis
A step closer to understanding the growth of galactic giants was taken by a team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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News
A new tool to study galaxy evolution
New computational tool developed by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, allows for the reconstruction of galaxy morphology, by “stripping off” the outshining young stars.
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IA in numbers
Upon the celebration of IA’s second anniversary, we presented our science in numbers.
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IA contributes to the technology for the detection of gravitational waves
The preliminary design of a component for the future gravitational waves observatory in space, LISA, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) is involved, was accepted by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 26th.
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Spiral-like patterns of star formation discovered in old galaxies
A study led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, has profound implications on the understanding of the assembly history of early-type galaxies.
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Resources and Contents
100 years ago, the Milky Way was displaced from the centre of the Universe
Precisely a century ago, the New York Times newspaper announced that the Andromeda nebula was after all another “island universe”, so big or even bigger than the Milky Way. The Universe had just increased tenfold.
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On breezes never before sailed
With more than five thousand planets already discovered in orbit of other stars, scientists are now launching a new era of surprising discoveries about the exotic atmospheres of these distant worlds. Article by Tomás Silva in National Geographic Portugal.
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Most detailed map of our galaxy in infrared
Thirteen years of observations led to the most detailed map of Milky Way. Nanda Kumar, an IA collaborator, talked to the podcast Palavra de Cientista about it.
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In search of the planets that are truly wanderers
They are worlds much like planets, but not towed to a star. Were they born in a cradle of stars, or are they planets thrown out from their orbits and left to their own fortune? Article by Koraljka Mužić in National Geographic Portugal.
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