New type of star sheds light on the mysterious origin of magnetars
August 22, 2023 - 17:45
Using multiple telescopes from around the world, including European Southern Observatory (ESO) infrastructure
TAG: astrophysics
Name of Portuguese astrophysicist now shines in the night sky
July 7, 2023 - 15:33
It is almost three kilometers in diameter and takes four and a half years to go around the Sun.
The Mysteries of Jupiter
April 16, 2023 - 17:38
This giant neighbor of ours still has secrets to unravel and much to inspire
Imaginary extraterrestrials help learn about the Solar System and life beyond Earth
January 17, 2023 - 16:50
Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences launches free educational board game that promotes group learning about the planets and moons of the Solar System and about astrobiology
Portuguese researchers prepare satellites to provide energy to the lunar station
July 11, 2022 - 16:28
Plans envision a modular constellation of satellites that will orbit the Moon by passing directly over the lunar base.
Planet hunter with Portuguese DNA reveals the first images
July 3, 2022 - 18:50
The focus of this spectrograph will be the study of rocky exoplanets
June will have a “super” moon, days before summer starts
May 31, 2022 - 14:14
ON the 26th, it will be possible to see the International Space Station passing in the sky
Astronomers discover micronovae, a new type of stellar explosion
April 24, 2022 - 10:10
Micronova discovery joins repertoire of known stellar explosions
System “with black hole closest to us” does not contain any black hole after all
March 2, 2022 - 16:43
New study shows there is no black hole in HR 6819
The secret of Venus perhaps hides in the heat of the night
February 24, 2022 - 16:33
The most complete profile of the winds of Venus parallel to the equator on the night side sheds new evidence on the possible relationship between the runaway greenhouse effect in the atmosphere and the violence of the winds at the top of the cloud layer.
New planet detected orbiting the closest star to the Sun
February 11, 2022 - 18:00
An exoplanet, named Proxima d, was detected by a team led by a researcher from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences.
