Themes: Solar System
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Online Planetarium Session “The Sun, our Star”
Presentation by Elsa Moreira, from the Porto Planetarium – Ciência Viva Centre, on the 24th November, 2020, as part of the celebrations of the National Day of Scientific Culture.
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Ask the Astronomer “Living in Other Worlds”
IA researcher Pedro Machado answered questions about living and travelling to other worlds in a live Q&A session.
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Astronomy Corner
Build an edible Solar System at scale in your living room in a workshop by Catarina Leote, from the Science Communication Group of IA.
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First Steps to a Great Discovery
Get acquainted with the Zooniverse.org plaform, which allows anyone to do science whenever and wherever, in the company of three IA researchers: João Faria, Lara Sousa and Israel Matute.
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Searching for New Worlds
In one more session of “The Universe Online”, Nuno Santos and Susana Barros, IA researchers, answered questions from the participants about the search for another “Earth”.
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Crazy facts about the Universe (and what they tell us about the Earth)
IA participated in the 2020 edition of the Junior Fest with the quizz “Crazy facts about the Universe (and what they tell us about the Earth)”. Watch the video!
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51 Pegasi b – 25 years
In October 2020, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a Sun-like star – 51 Pegasi b
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Fasten your seat belt: Portugal is heading to other Earths
“Portuguese team discovers another ‘Earth’ and finds hints of existing life.” This title may look like from a sci-fi book, but Nuno C. Santos, of IA, says we are not that far from making it real.
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