New planet hunter to be installed in La Silla ObservatoryPublished 19 September, 2017 in Outreach
The new instrument, called NIRPS, will be installed in ESO's 3.6 meter telescope, and has the participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
Learn more (only in Portuguese) »
read more ❯ First detection of Titanium Oxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanetPublished 14 September, 2017 in Outreach
This observation, published today in Nature, has the participation of an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) collaborator.
Learn more (only in Portuguese) »
read more ❯ New worlds await ESPRESSOPublished 24 August, 2017 in Outreach
After nearly ten years of planning and construction, the ESPRESSO spectrograph, a high resolution instrument that will enable the discovery of exoplanets similar to our Earth, will now be installed at...
read more ❯ Evidence discovered for two distinct giant planet populationsPublished 5 July, 2017 in Outreach
In a paper highlighted today by Astronomy & Astrophysics journal, a team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) discovered observational evidence for the existence of two...
read more ❯ 