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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 ❯
Jarle Brinchmann is the new Director of Science of the European Southern Observatory
Published 1 April, 2025 in Outreach

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
Published 19 March, 2025 in Outreach

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. Learn more (in... read more ❯
Will this new solar maximum solve the puzzle of the Sun’s gamma-ray picture?
Published 7 February, 2024 in Outreach

Gráfico da densidade, codificada por cores, de raios gama com energias entre 5 e 150 gigaeletrões-volt por fotão, emitidos pelo Sol entre outubro de 2013 e janeiro de 2015

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 ❯
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