“Dry ice” found in fossils from the Solar System infancyPublished 20 June, 2024 in Outreach
Observations with the James Webb telescope and the participation of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) revealed carbon dioxide in the ices beyond Neptune, which may inform studies...
read more ❯ ESO signs agreement for ANDES instrument on the ELTPublished 5 June, 2024 in Outreach
The construction of the ANDES spectrograph, to be installed in the largest telescope of the next generation, ESO's ELT, has a strong participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do...
read more ❯ First ‘glory’ on hellish distant world?Published 5 April, 2024 in Outreach
Led by an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher, the team used ESA's Cheops space telescope to observe potential signs of the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ in the...
read more ❯ Saturn’s moon is a testing ground for finding life beyond the Solar SystemPublished 7 March, 2024 in Outreach
A team led by the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) used Titan’s atmosphere as a natural laboratory to deepen the chemistry of methane, a molecule that, on Earth,...
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