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Deepen solar physics using artificial intelligence
Conversation with Ricardo Gafeira, of the Universidade de Coimbra and IA, in the podcast “Palavra de Cientista” about the article he co-authored “Machine learning in solar physics”.
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Inside the coldest places of the Universe
Dark molecular clouds are nebulae that do not emit nor reflect any visible light. Inside them we find a surprising chemical laboratory, that even produces alcohol molecules.
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Revealed – and commented – the first images of the Euclid mission
Three IA researchers and members of the Euclid Consortium comment the first coloured images of the Euclid space mission. Dive into these images and learn about them in detail in the article published on National Geographic Portugal.
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Interactive microsite “Music of the Stars”
Explore, through interactive diagrams, some of the concepts of the physics of the stars
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First images of the Orion Nebula by the JWST
In the podcast Palavra de Cientista, Sílvia Vicente shows us the importance of the most recent images of the Orion Nebula by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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The dark side do the Sun
In an insurgent moment, a brighter spark on our star might mean a blackout on Earth, and we don’t mean only a power turn off. The question is: When’s the next one? Learn more in this article under the partnership between IA and National Geographic.
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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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Stars and planets off the rails, or the odd story of distant worlds
Planets orbit stars, and stars spin, but are these two movements always aligned? Details like this are hidden in the light of the stars, and help astrophysicists to tell the story of distant worlds, writes Charlotte Gehan.
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