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The space telescope that will reveal the invisible Universe is about to be launched
Published 27 June, 2023 in Outreach

Telescópio espacial Euclid e consola de planeamento dos rastreios

After more than ten years of preparation, a team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) will guide the control commands of the Euclid telescope through... read more ❯
IA researchers among the most influential worldwide in 2021
Published 17 October, 2022 in Outreach

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 ❯
Artificial Intelligence helps in the identification of astronomical objects
Published 26 May, 2022 in Outreach

SHEEP is a new artificial intelligence software, developed by researchers at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, in Portugal, to help classify astronomical sources. 26th of May 2022 –  Classifying... read more ❯
ESPRESSO spectrograph measures fundamental constant of the Universe
Published 14 December, 2021 in Outreach

The ESPRESSO spectrograph, installed at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, was recently used to measure the fine-structure constant, one of the Universe's fundamental constants. This work included several... read more ❯
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