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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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Portuguese team moves forward towards the implementation of the MOONS spectrograph
One of the components of the MOONS spectrograph, designed by a team from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), is about to travel to the Paranal Observatory, in... read more ❯
Portuguese solution for Athena space telescope was given green light by ESA
The optical component, led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), and which will be part of the future European space telescope for X-ray Astronomy, has passed... read more ❯
