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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From dream to reality: engineering for Space
How to plan, design and build instruments to be used in astronomy? Between the curiosity about the Universe and high precision engineering, listen to Alexandre Cabral, of IAstro, in conversation at Antena 1 (in Portuguese).
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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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Threats to the Earth: asteroids, comets and space debris
Discover how asteroids, comets and space debris can represent threats to the Earth and how can we deal with them, in the company of Nuno Peixinho, of IA and FCTUC.
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How to see a starry sky in the city again
Raul Lima, of IA and Instituto Politécnico do Porto, talked to Porto Canal about light pollution and how to solve it through simple habits (in Portuguese).
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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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