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Half of Kepler’s giant exoplanet candidates are false positives
Published 2 December, 2015 in Outreach

Esta impressão artística mostra o exoplaneta do tipo Júpiter quente 51 Pegasi b, que orbita uma estrela a cerca de 50 anos-luz de distância, na constelação do Pégaso.

An international team led by Alexandre Santerne from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), made a 5-year radial velocity1 campaign of Kepler’s giant exoplanet candidates, using the SOPHIE... read more ❯
Rocky exoplanet with atmosphere detected in the neighborhood of the Solar System
Published 11 November, 2015 in Outreach

Imagem artística, com o planeta GJ 1132b no canto inferior esquerdo, e a estrela anã vermelha GJ 1132 ao centro.

Nuno Cardoso Santos, from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), participated in the discovery of the “exoVenus” GJ 1132b, announced today in Nature. Learn more » (only in... read more ❯
Stellar atmosphere can be used to predict the composition of rocky exoplanets
Published 17 September, 2015 in Outreach

Imagem artística, com detalhe do exoplaneta Corot-7b.

In two recently published articles1,2, researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) show that the ratio of some heavy elements in a star, like Magnesium (Mg), Silicon... read more ❯
Gas giant in baby star
Published 9 September, 2015 in Outreach

Formação de estrelas e os seus planetas na maternidade de estrelas de Touro

The discovery of evidence of Hot Jupiters around newly-born stars, is co-authored by Pedro Figueira, from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Learn more (only in Portuguese) » read more ❯
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