Stars Day 2022
2022 edition of Stars Day, an annual science meeting highlighting the work conducted by Group members and fostering debate.
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Latest news
Astronomers discover irregularities in the core of red giants
Red giants are dying stars, in advanced stages of stellar evolution, which have depleted the hydrogen in their cores. In this work1, published today in Nature Communications, a team2 of astronomers... read more ❯
IA co-organized Sub-Saharan Africa advanced astronomy school
The first edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa Astronomy Summer School (SSAASS), which took place between the 19th and 30th of September, in Uganda, had the participation of two researchers from... read more ❯
IA researchers among the most influential worldwide in 2021
The newest version of the world ranking of most cited researchers includes seven researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA).
The most recent1 “World’s Top 2% Scientists... read more ❯
IA collaborator receives award from Fundação Eng. António de Almeida
The award was attributed for the best thesis in physical sciences, for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021
Lean more (in Portuguese ) » read more ❯
Activities
Upcoming activities
There are no new activities planned yet.Past activities
MSc Viva — Andreas Neitzel
Andreas Neitzel's MSc viva.
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MSc Viva — Margarida Santiago
Margarida Santiago's MSc viva.
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COSPAR ISWAT2022 Working Meeting
COSPAR International Space Weather Action Teams (ISWAT) 3rd Working Meeting.
Projects
Cool Stars in the near-Infrared (CSI)
This project takes advantage of our privileged access to the Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) data from the NIRPS (Near InfraRed Planet Searcher) spectrograph
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Star-exoplanet compositional link: Towards realistic characterisation of terrestrial planets (EXO-TERRA)
Over the last decade, noticeable advances were made in the modelling of the internal properties of terrestrial planets. It is, for instance, known
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SSA P3-SWE-XXXVII SWE Products for Southern Europe – Phase 1 (PROSE)
This project will focus on enhancing and maturing space weather assets in Southern Europe, building on the results of the preceding SSA studies
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Portuguese Regional Ionosphere ModEl (PRIME)
This project aims at developing a prototype for an empirical model to forecast total electron content (TEC) variations across Portugal in response to
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Space Weather Awareness Training Network (SWATNet)
SWATNet is an H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN). The project brings together nine beneficiaries (including the University of Coimbra)
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