How to discover an exoplanet?
Planets that orbit other stars are tens or even hundreds of light-years from Earth. How can astronomers find them? Explore these interactive infographics that explain some of the concepts and methods.
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Eyes on the sky
What will we see, discover and learn, with the James Webb Space Telescope, about the distant objects at the edges of the Solar System? Nuno Peixinho, of IA and University of Coimbra, talked to Fundação Francisco Manuel do Santos (in Portuguese).
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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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Eleven astronomy big ideas
Eleven ideas make all there is, and are one click away. On a single website, there’s everything you need to know about Astronomy and the Universe, in direct and everyday language, and several idioms.
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How to forge the most dazzling furnaces of the Milky Way
Let’s imagine several tens of Suns packed in a single star. The final tremendous explosion of such a huge star is felt a long way across the galaxy. Luckily, stars like this are rare, and the reason lies at their birthplace.
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Massive stars’ formation paradigm
This infographic represents the paradigm of star formation based on the idea of matter flowing down filaments in nebulae.
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Planetary quiz: There’s no other home like Earth
There’s nothing better than to discover distant and inhospitable places for us to value something very rare: our own blue planet. Test what you know about some bizarre worlds in the Solar System and beyond, in a quiz conducted by IA young researchers.
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Space climate: Storm in orbit
The Sun, that quiet disc in the blue sky, is sometimes the source of extreme events that menace our highly technological society. IA researchers answer questions in a live session dedicated to space climate.
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