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A rare Venus solar transit helps unravel atmospheres outside the Solar System
A team led by the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) analysed data from this century’s last Venus solar transit and validated methods to study the atmosphere of Earth-sized... read more ❯
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço paves the way in the field of Exoclimatology
Three papers about “hot jupiter” WASP-76 b, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, will be the foundation for understanding the global climate of a giant exoplanet
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Six new worlds discovered adrift in a cradle of stars
An international team with the participation of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) used the James Webb telescope to find planetary-mass objects, but freely moving in interstellar space.
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Agreement for the construction of telescope made in Portugal was signed
The agreement to install the PoET solar telescope in ESO's Paranal Observatory was recently signed by ESO's director general and the board of Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto,... read more ❯
