Portuguese-led team discovers  rugby ball-shaped exoplanet

Portuguese-led team discovers
rugby ball-shaped exoplanet

Wasp-103b is an exoplanet of several particularities. It orbits a star 1.7 times larger and about 200 degrees hotter than the Sun. In addition, it is extremely close to its star — so much so that it takes just one day to complete one orbit. Scientists have suspected...
My story with the James Webb Space Telescope

My story with the
James Webb Space Telescope

The largest and most complex space telescope ever built, the James Webb Space Telescope, is ready to be launched into space. This international project led by NASA with its partners, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency, has led hundreds of scientists, engineers and...
Habtrail wins the Portugal Space Atlantic Challenge

Habtrail wins the Portugal Space Atlantic Challenge

Future: this is the word that guides Space Day. The event, which aims to celebrate the European space ecosystem, highlights the most promising solutions and entrepreneurs through the Space Awards, in which the Copernicus and Galileo Masters were handed out. The two...
It’s time for sharing

It’s time for sharing

The National Plan for Integrated Rural Fire Management (see RCM no. 45-A/2020) states that consensus was reached after the tragic fires that ravaged the country in 2017: the Independent Technical Commission identified systemic weaknesses, some of which are chronic and...