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New planet hunter to be installed in La Silla Observatory
Published 19 September, 2017 in Outreach

Photo of ESO's 3.6-meter Telescope

The new instrument, called NIRPS, will be installed in ESO's 3.6 meter telescope, and has the participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Learn more (only in Portuguese) » read more ❯
First detection of Titanium Oxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet
Published 14 September, 2017 in Outreach

WASP-19b exoplanet transit scheme

This observation, published today in Nature, has the participation of an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) collaborator. Learn more (only in Portuguese) »   read more ❯
New worlds await ESPRESSO
Published 24 August, 2017 in Outreach

The four VLT telescopes

After nearly ten years of planning and construction, the ESPRESSO spectrograph, a high resolution instrument that will enable the discovery of exoplanets similar to our Earth, will now be installed at... read more ❯
Evidence discovered for two distinct giant planet populations
Published 5 July, 2017 in Outreach

Artistic impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disc

In a paper highlighted today by Astronomy & Astrophysics journal, a team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) discovered observational evidence for the existence of two... read more ❯
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