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Japanese mission studies the mystery of Venus in collaboration with Portuguese researchers
One of the mysteries of the Solar System is the fact that the atmosphere of Venus circles the planet sixty times faster than its rotation period, generating permanent winds with... read more ❯
Portuguese scientists in NASA mission to hunt exoplanets
The TESS satellitte, expected to launch next Monday has the involvement of several researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
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Characterization of an aquatic world on an exoplanetary system
A team of astronomers from 11 countries, led by researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), determined with precision the mass of two small exoplanets orbiting star... read more ❯
Another Mercury, but as large as Earth
It is very similar to Earth in size, but has two and half times the mass of our planet, which makes it after all much denser and, in its global... read more ❯
