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

Meridional wind on Venus was detected for the first time in both hemispheres
Published 15 March, 2017 in Outreach

Meridional wind on Venus was detected for the first time in both hemispheres

The first scientific evidence on Venus of a wind circulation between the equator and the poles, also named meridional wind, was gathered by an international team led by Pedro Machado,... read more ❯
ESPRESSO sees the light at the end of the tunnel
Published 17 October, 2016 in Outreach

Coudé Train

An internacional team of the ESPRESSO consortium, lead in Portugal by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), has made the first test for ESPRESSO, the next generation... read more ❯
Stellar activity can mimic misaligned exoplanets
Published 20 September, 2016 in Outreach

Planetary transit

The occultation of stellar active regions during the planetary transit can lead to inaccurate estimates of the characteristics of these exoplanets, especially the spin-orbit tilt angle. This was the conclusion of... read more ❯
Half of Kepler’s giant exoplanet candidates are false positives
Published 2 December, 2015 in Outreach

Esta impressão artística mostra o exoplaneta do tipo Júpiter quente 51 Pegasi b, que orbita uma estrela a cerca de 50 anos-luz de distância, na constelação do Pégaso.

An international team led by Alexandre Santerne from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), made a 5-year radial velocity1 campaign of Kepler’s giant exoplanet candidates, using the SOPHIE... read more ❯
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