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Forecasting the hunt for the first supermassive black holes
It is believed that the formation and growth of most galaxies across the history of the Universe have been fuelled by black holes nested in their very centre. These have... read more ❯
The image never seen before
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
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
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 ❯
