Opportunities

Illustration of the hot gas giant exoplanet HD 189733b, where raining glass is a possibility (Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser).

This page is for job opportunities related to the IA Planetary Systems group. For general IA job opportunities follow this link.

Open calls:

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE OPENING OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL TO HIRE ONE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER UNDER DECREE-LAW Nº 57/2016, ALTERED BY LAW Nº 57/2017

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE OPENING OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL TO HIRE ONE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER UNDER DECREE-LAW Nº 57/2016, ALTERED BY LAW Nº 57/2017

One Research Fellowship for PhD student in the field of Exoplanet Research

Press releases

First scientific results from the NIRPS spectrograph
Published 29 July, 2025 in Outreach

More than 140 experts contributed to the project of this new infrared spectrograph, including several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers. Learn more (in Portuguese) read more ❯
PLATO space mission gets closer to space
Published 1 July, 2025 in Outreach

This European Space Agency mission, with strong involvement from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, reached a major milestone. Learn more (in Portuguese) read more ❯
First 3D observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere
Published 18 February, 2025 in Outreach

In an article published today in Nature, a team, with several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, was able to map three separate layers in the atmosphere of... read more ❯
ESPRESSO detects super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star
Published 28 January, 2025 in Outreach

The exoplanet HD 20974 d, discovered by a team that includes several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, has an orbit similar to Mars, which places him in... read more ❯
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