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Six-exoplanet system challenges current planet forming theories
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 atmospheres
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 Agency
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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A water world in another planetary system
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... read more ❯
