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Exoplanet in orbit of a red giant star escapes destruction
The planet 8 UMi b, also known as Halla, seems to have survived the expansion of its host star to red giant phase. This discovery, published in the prestigious journal... read more ❯
The Sun is a normal star after all
6th of april 2023 – With data from Kepler (NASA), Gaia (ESA) and SOHO (NASA/ESA) satellites, a team1, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA2) researcher Ângela... read more ❯
IA astronomers featured in "Women in Science 2023"
The forth edition of the book Mulheres na Ciência (Women in Science) adds two more researchers from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), to a list that already... read more ❯
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 ❯
