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The image never seen before
Published 10 April, 2019 in Outreach

A primeira imagem de um buraco negro super-massivo foi obtida pelo projeto internacional Event Horizon Telescope

The first image of a black hole was announced today, the result of an international project with the participation of a collaborator of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço... read more ❯
Spectral synthesis codes with no ionized gas emission produce biased estimates of galactic properties
Published 5 April, 2019 in Outreach

Galáxia espiral NGC 1964

A novel code, developed by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researchers, shows that previous population synthesis codes, which only account for stellar emission, underestimate galaxy properties like... read more ❯
The foundations are laid for the largest radiotelescope in the world
Published 12 March, 2019 in Outreach

Conceção artística de discos que farão parte de uma das redes do SKA, na África do Sul.

It was signed the treaty for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, being Portugal one of its founding countries, and which has the scientific participation of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências... read more ❯
The quest for galactic relics from the primordial Universe
Published 21 November, 2018 in Outreach

Conceção artística de uma galáxia massiva ultracompacta.

They are massive, they are very small and they are extremely rare, but may hold the secrets of how galaxies form and evolve. A new study lifts the tip of the... read more ❯
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