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Ultraviolet light from massive stars may prevent the formation of giant planets
Huge superluminous stars may force young stars of low mass to live nearly alone, without the company of giant planets, according to a study led by Olivier Berné, of the... read more ❯
Will this new solar maximum solve the puzzle of the Sun’s gamma-ray picture?
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
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
Several researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço have leadership roles in this mission from the European Space Agency (ESA).
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