Themes: Solar System
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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.
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Desert nights – guided visit to Chilean observatories
In a new video she filmed in Chile, Ana Rita Silva, PhD researcher at IA and Porto University, guides us on a visit to two observatories – La Silla and Paranal, of the European Sourthern Observatory – and tells us how discoveries about planets light-years away from the Solar System are made.
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Space exploration and extraction of resources – IA researchers at Biosfera
Space probes and telescopes on Earth extract information about other worlds in the Solar System. Three IA researchers talk about the benefits and challenges os Space exploration, in the Biosfera TV programme.
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Venus and other cosmic neighbours and missions to explore them
In an interview for the podcast O Futuro do Futuro from Expresso, Pedro Machado tells us about Venus, Mars and other “neighbouring” planets and moons from our cosmic backyard called Solar System, and about space missions to study them.
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“ET – A Solar System Adventure” board game
At school or with the family, the IA invites everyone to explore different worlds in the Solar System, some of which real targets
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How to detect far away planets?
In clear and accessible language, methods and concepts such as spectroscopy, radial velocities, photometry, electromagnetic spectrum or Doppler effect are explained and deconstructed by Ana Rita Silva from the IA and FCUP.
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Three super-earths and two super-mercuries
On the Palavra de Cientista podcast, Susana Barros tells us about a planetary system with some very rare and peculiar planets.
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The Proxima worlds: our galactic neighbours
A conversation with four IA researchers on the most likely destination for the first interstellar mission – the three worlds around Proxima Centauri (the closest star to the Sun), the most recent discovered by a team led by an IAstro researcher. A conversation with infographics by IA and a selection of video clips by ESO.
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