Past activities

Planet Hunting Machines
Let's learn about the history of the detection and characterisation of planets around other stars, a history full of surprising discoveries and of many open questions.
Free entrance

The Life of Stars
Quarterly outreach sessions, taking place in Lisbon and Porto, aimed at young people willing to join scientists in discovering the universe.
Free entrance

Will the sky fall upon our heads?
The skies have an intense traffic: asteroids, comets and space debris... Some of these bodies may collide with Earth. How can we study them and secure our future?
Free entrance

Ignite IAstro – Campo Maior
Researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço will take us on a journey from the Solar System to the edge of the Universe in five-minute presentations.
Free entrance

The Music of the Stars
What can the music of the stars tell us about the structure, dynamics and evolution of these objects?
Free entrance

Cosmology, but now in Comics
Quarterly outreach sessions, taking place in Lisbon and Porto, aimed at young people willing to join scientists in discovering the universe.
Free entrance

Horizons Beyond the Imagination
7th anniversary special session
In this session we will peer beyond the horizon, when we will be able to capture direct images of exoplanets and find traces of life in their atmospheres.
Free entrance

The Planet Hunters
Quarterly outreach sessions, taking place in Lisbon and Porto, aimed at young people willing to join scientists in discovering the universe.
Free entrance