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First Exoplanet Visible Light Spectrum
20 years after its discovery, researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) managed to directly observe exoplanet 51 Pegasi b.
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Half a century mystery unveiled in the atmosphere of Venus
The mysterious "Y" shaped cloud in the atmosphere of Venus was, for the first time, explained in a study that counts with the participation of researchers from the Institute of... read more ❯
“Astro-archeology” reveals ancient system with 5 earth-sized exoplanets
An international team, which includes researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), detected five ancient exoplanets in the Kepler-444 system, with sizes between Mercury and Venus.
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Kepler mission continues to detect planets in its second life
The discovery of a “super-earth” around the star HIP 116454 is the first of the extended mission K2, and includes Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Pedro... read more ❯
