Six-exoplanet system challenges current planet forming theoriesPublished 25 January, 2021 in Outreach
Using a combination of telescopes, including EOS's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and ESA's CHEOPS space mission, astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked...
read more ❯ ESPRESSO spectrograph studies exoplanetary atmospheresPublished 18 November, 2020 in Outreach
The results, which will soon be published in three papers with the participation of several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, illustrate this instrument's capabilities to characterize...
read more ❯ 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...
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