Ariel mission formally adopted by the European Space AgencyPublished 13 November, 2020 in Outreach
This ESA mission, the first dedicated to study the nature, formation and evolution of exoplanets, has a strong participation of several researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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read more ❯ A water world in another planetary systemPublished 16 October, 2020 in Outreach
An international team, including several researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), studied in detail the LHS 1140 system and found that the "b" exoplanet, which orbits...
read more ❯ First results from CHEOPS reveal peculiar star and extreme exoplanetPublished 28 September, 2020 in Outreach
The exoplanet WASP-189 b, detected by a team including several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, has a temperature of nearly 3200º C.
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read more ❯ Decades-long deep giant cloud disruption discovered on VenusPublished 5 August, 2020 in Outreach
A planetary-scale cloud discontinuity has been periodically lashing the depths of the thick blanket of clouds on Venus for at least 35 years, says a study with the participation of...
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