The “Planetary Systems” team at IA focuses its activities around two major branches: Exoplanet research and Solar System atmospheres.
All this research is supported by our strong leading participation in a number of international projects and collaborations, including ESO and ESA projects and missions.

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Latest press releases

James Webb Space Telescope offers best glimpse into the ice of the early Solar System
Published 19 December, 2024 in Outreach

A team that includes an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify, categorize its chemistry, dynamics and place of birth of... read more ❯
A rare Venus solar transit helps unravel atmospheres outside the Solar System
Published 5 December, 2024 in Outreach

Em junho de 2012, a sonda Hinode (da JAXA e da NASA), dedicada ao estudo do Sol, observou o trânsito do planeta Vénus diante do disco solar. Créditos: JAXA/NASA/Lockheed Martin

A team led by the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) analysed data from this century’s last Venus solar transit and validated methods to study the atmosphere of Earth-sized... read more ❯

Activities

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Upcoming activities

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Past activities

23 - 25 October, 2024
Conference/Workshop

PoET Workshop 2024

A 3-day workshop with the main goal of discussing The use of the Sun as a proxy for correcting/modelling stellar activity, the role of PoET in this effort and collaborations with other facilities; The detailed instrumental design of PoET; Building a science community around PoET.
Free registration
30 January, 2024

4th Planetary Systems Day @ IA

IA planetary systems group is organizing the 4th yearly Planetary Systems Day @ IA. The day will feature presentations of planetary research works being done by the team and external collaborators, plus a presentation and discussion sessions dedicated to the forthcoming ESA space mission PLATO.
Free registration
23 - 24 February, 2023
Conference/Workshop

PoET Workshop 2023

A 2-day workshop with the main goal of discussing The use of the Sun as a proxy for correcting/modelling stellar activity, the role of PoET in this effort and collaborations with other facilities; The detailed instrumental design of PoET; Building a science community around PoET.
Free registration

Projects

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FIERCE
October 2022 —September 2028

FIERCE (ERC)

FIERCE aims at providing the long-needed step forward to tackle the challenges of stellar activity on the search for Exoearths. The detection and Read more
European funding Funding