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The largest ever image of the Universe began to be photographed today
Following the plan of observations led by researchers of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA), the Euclid space telescope, 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, started today the assembling... read more ❯
European Research Council grants 2,5 million euro fund to develop new methods for the detection of other earths in the Universe
For the next 5 years, project FIERCE, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher Nuno Cardoso Santos, will develop new data analysis methods, to model and characterize,... read more ❯
European Space Agency orders IA’s optical technology
An optical calibration system produced by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) for the PLATO space mission has been trusted by the European Space Agency (ESA) for... read more ❯
CHEOPS reveals a rugby ball-shaped exoplanet
This research, lead by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher Susana Barros, is the first time that the deformation of an exoplanet has been detected.
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