Past activities
![Há Vida no Bairro](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Há-vida-no-bairro-9-setembro-388x220.jpg)
A Coffee in Space
Chat with researchers about the new horizons of Astronomy
Free entrance
![Astrofesta 2017](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/astrofesta_v4.3_650-388x220.jpg)
Astrofesta 2017
The Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) is joining Astrofesta with a programme of talks and observations with telescopes.
Free entrance
![Noites no Observatório - Por que não Anda o Tempo para Trás?](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IA-NOAL-07_web-div_752x423px_jul17-388x220.png)
Why doesn’t the time run backwards?
Can we understand the irreversible nature of Time?
Free entrance
![Ignite IAstro - Special event of the ENAA 2017](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/publictalk2.jpg)
Ignite IAstro – Special event ENAA 2017
Nine researchers, from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences and invited guests from other national institutions, will share the most recent discoveries about the Space and the Universe in short five-minute presentations.
Free entrance
![Dark Sky Party Alqueva 2017](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bannerParty2017_650-388x220.jpg)
Dark Sky Party Alqueva 2017
Enjoy a full weekend under the starry skies of Alqueva.
Free entrance
![Noites no Observatório – Máquinas de Caçar Planetas](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IA-NOAL-07_web-div_752x423px_jun17-388x220.png)
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
![](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IAstroVisãoJunior_slides_PRT24Jun_1024x768px-388x220.jpg)
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
![Noites no Observatório, 27 de maio, 2017](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IA-NOAL-07_web-div_752x423px.png)
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