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IA reseacher awarded prize by the European Astronomical Society
A researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) received the MERAC Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Observational Astrophysics, attributed by the European Astronomical Society.
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Cheops discovers a late bloomer exoplanet
A team, featuring several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, published in the prestigious journal Science, the discovery of an exoplanet that defies current planet formation... read more ❯
PLATO space mission gets closer to space
This European Space Agency mission, with strong involvement from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, reached a major milestone.
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The “Born-Again Dynamo” of the Sun’s Elder Twin
Led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, the team made new magnetic measurements of β Hydri, a star analogous to the future Sun, to reveal surprising activity.
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Activities
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Stars Day 2026
2026 edition of Stars Day, an annual science meeting highlighting the work conducted by Group members and fostering debate.
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PhD Viva — Miguel Clara
Miguel Clara's PhD viva.
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Projects
ANDES@ELT
ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph) is the planned high-resolution (R ~ 100,000) spectrograph for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) operating at visible
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SPIRou@CFHT
SPIRou (SPectropolarimètre InfraROUge) is a near-infrared spectropolarimeter and high-precision velocimeter for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). It is a near-infrared fiber-fed, double-pass cross-dispersed spectrograph, based
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