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Black holes, judo and radiotelescopes
In the podcast Caravela Cósmica, Hugo Messias shared his academic path and spoke about his current job at the ALMA Observatory, in Chile.
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A portrait of the heart of Milky Way
IA’s views on Sagittarius A*
There’s a colossus at the heart of Milky Way. IA researchers and collaborators take us on to the territories of gravity, high energy physics, and cosmology.
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How to find a black hole
On a photographic safari, the equipment is essential. But if we aim to picture a black hole, first we have to know what we are looking for, and where it is hidden. Here we explain some of the strategies, in another article in partnership with National Geographic.
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Space 2022: The new year through the telescope
Learn what will come from above in the new year. IA researchers anticipate discoveries and significant leaps in several domains in the study of the Universe.
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James Webb Space Telescope: high definition Science also for Portugal
The new James Webb space telescope is a jewel of technology, and starting from 2022 will reveal a sharper, deeper and older Universe. Its main window of observation is infrared light, produced by warm or cool bodies and environments, targets of many lines of research by the Portuguese scientific community.
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The Universe in a box
To uncover the history of everything – the whole Universe – but also to anticipate its future, from the origins to the present, we need colossal supercomputers, available at national and European level, explains José Correia, of IA, in SAPO TEK.
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Active Galaxies: where matter meets cosmic monsters
The hearts of some galaxies are among the most violent places in the Universe, powered by titanic black holes. Some of these black holes swallow, every year, the mass of a thousand Suns. Let’s get closer.
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Talks with Impact: Science, Astronomy and Sustainable Development
Knowing the Universe is knowing ourselves. José Afonso was in Talks with Impact talking about Science, Astronomy and Sustainable Development.
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