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Will this new solar maximum solve the puzzle of the Sun’s gamma-ray picture?
Published 7 February, 2024 in Outreach

Gráfico da densidade, codificada por cores, de raios gama com energias entre 5 e 150 gigaeletrões-volt por fotão, emitidos pelo Sol entre outubro de 2013 e janeiro de 2015

The Sun’s polar regions were the most active emitting high energy radiation during the previous solar maximum, an imbalance yet to be explained, and reported for the first time in... read more ❯
Rare giant exoplanets discovered around giant stars
Published 15 December, 2023 in Outreach

In two recent scientific papers, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, several "jupiters" were found around giant and intermediate mass stars, a type of stars were... read more ❯
CHEOPS mission extension has begun
Published 10 October, 2023 in Outreach

Several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço have leadership roles in this mission from the European Space Agency (ESA). Learn more (in Portuguese) » read more ❯
A deeper understanding of solar physics with the help of machine learning
Published 4 October, 2023 in Outreach

Imagem do Sol obtida com o observatório espacial Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), da NASA, em 2012.

There's a great potential in the application of machine learning to the prediction of extreme solar events, or to the study of internal processes within our star, states a research... read more ❯
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