Half a century mystery unveiled in the atmosphere of VenusPublished 2 March, 2015 in Outreach
The mysterious "Y" shaped cloud in the atmosphere of Venus was, for the first time, explained in a study that counts with the participation of researchers from the Institute of...
read more ❯ “Astro-archeology” reveals ancient system with 5 earth-sized exoplanetsPublished 27 January, 2015 in Outreach
An international team, which includes researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), detected five ancient exoplanets in the Kepler-444 system, with sizes between Mercury and Venus.
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read more ❯ Kepler mission continues to detect planets in its second lifePublished 19 December, 2014 in Outreach
The discovery of a “super-earth” around the star HIP 116454 is the first of the extended mission K2, and includes Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Pedro...
read more ❯ National research leads unprecedented detection in VenusPublished 18 November, 2014 in Outreach
Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço made the first measurement of the winds in Venus' atmosphere, simultaneously from Earth and from a space probe.
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