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CHEOPS space telescope will be launched 17 December
Some members of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço and DEIMOS Engenharia actively involved in this mission will be available at the Porto Planetarium, next 16th of december, at... read more ❯
A new measurement technique found at the frontier between Physics and Astronomy
The search for exoplanets will get to the next level with the detection and characterization of Earth-like planets. A new instrument in this quest is the ESPRESSO1 spectrograph.
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ESPRESSO makes ESO’s VLT the largest optical telescope in the world
The ESPRESSO spectrograph, partially built by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), has used the combined light of all four of the 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes for the first... read more ❯
The next generation exoplanet hunter has arrived
The next-generation spectrograph ESPRESSO, whose construction was co-led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) is already operating at the Very Large Telescope.
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