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Buracos Negros: Os lugares mais secretos do Universo

Black Holes: The most secret places in the Universe

Let’s review the historical journey that is taking us more and more closer to the secrets of black holes, width Francisco Lobo, of IA. Read more

13 October, 2020

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 Read more

9 October, 20209 October, 2020

Conceção artística de um planeta semelhante à Terra.

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. Read more

6 October, 20206 October, 2020

Conceção artística do sistema planetário em torno da estrela anã vermelha Gliese 581.

How many Earths are there in the Milky Way?

In a clear night sky, the human eye can see some 3000 stars, all of them in our galactic neighbourhood. What we can’t see is, perhaps, a similar number of planets, outshined by the light of their host star. Is there among them an Earth 2.0? Read more

24 September, 202024 September, 2020

Astronomy in Questions and Answers

Discover more about the Universe, in a Q&A session with a panel of five researchers, included in the 30th Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica. Read more

15 September, 2020

Spiral galaxies. “All we knew was wrong”

Iris Breda explains how a new study about the composition of the disk and bulge of spiral galaxies can question part of what we know about their formation and evolution. Read more

28 August, 202013 October, 2020

Disrupção nas nuvens de Vénus - Akatsuki

Researchers find a giant “rip” on Venus

Pedro Machado explains the importance of the discovery of a giant disruption in the atmosphere of Venus and the reason why it was only discovered now. Read more

17 August, 202013 October, 2020

Conceção artística de um buraco negro supermassivo.

An optical system designed for the next X rays telescope

IA will lead the development of a precision optical system for ESA’s future space telescope dedicated to the study of extreme events in the Universe. Read more

29 July, 20209 September, 2020

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