The largest ever image of the Universe began to be photographed today
The largest ever image of the Universe began to be photographed today
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News
Black holes are missing in the early Universe, and computers are after them
Black holes are missing in the early Universe, and computers are after them
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Latest press releases
Jarle Brinchmann is the new Director of Science of the European Southern Observatory
The until now coordinator of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço and professor at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, will manage all scientific aspects of the foremost... read more ❯
Euclid Space Telescope reveals multiple discoveries
Based on 34 articles published today, the Euclid Consortium, which includes several Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, revealed a large number of new scientific results.
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Activities
Upcoming activities
There are no new activities planned yet.Past activities
Escape of Lyman radiation from galactic labyrinths
https://www.iastro.pt/research/conferences/lyman2025/
PhD defense – Rodrigo Carvajal
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MSc Viva – Nuno Covas
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Beyond the Edge of the Universe
After the success of the first two installments of this conference series (“At the Edge of the Universe” in 2006 and “Back at the Edge of the Universe” in 2015), it’s time to return to beautiful Sintra and discuss the latest achievements of the deepest observations of the Universe.
Projects
Dark matter and metals in galaxies (DarkMAGE)
In the prevailing theory of hierarchical structure formation the fundamental building block of large-scale structure is the dark matter halo and galaxies form
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