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ALMA reveals that “dormant” galaxies hide more life than previously thought
Published 13 March, 2026 in Outreach

An international team, including a researcher from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA), has used the ALMA microwave telescope to uncover hidden reservoirs of gas and dust in... read more ❯
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço is paving the way for research that will open new windows onto the Universe
Published 23 December, 2025 in Outreach

The MOONS spectrograph, now en route to the Paranal Observatory in Chile, will use newly developed tools recently created by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço. Learn... read more ❯
NewAthena space telescope will reveal the primordial Universe
Published 21 October, 2025 in Outreach

Using modern cosmological simulations, a team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) has predicted that ESA’s future X-ray observatory will detect an unprecedented... read more ❯
New catalogue reveals major gap in knowledge about the most extreme objects in the Universe
Published 2 May, 2025 in Outreach

Using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, collected over 16 years, a team led by a researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço has revealed that... read more ❯
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