by Nuno Gomes | Feb 2, 2022 | News, Newsletter
The European Space Agency (ESA) organizes on November 22 and 23, in Paris, the ESA Council at Ministerial level, a meeting that usually takes place every three years. During this event, ESA Member States Space Ministers gather to discuss and approve new multi-year...
by Nuno Gomes | Feb 2, 2022 | News, Newsletter
On 15 January, the world watched an undersea volcano near the Pacific islands of Tonga explode in a violent eruption, causing a tsunami that hit not just Tonga but countries as far away as Chile, at a distance of almost 10,000 kilometres. Satellites captured and...
by Nuno Gomes | Feb 1, 2022 | News, Newsletter
It’s fair to assume that “starry summer nights” can make anyone ecstatic. The stars that punctuate the dark sky open the door to a fascination with the unknown – and Sara Aparício remembers feeling exactly that way on a summer holiday night in...
by Nuno Gomes | Jan 13, 2022 | Call
[UPDATE: THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 4, 23H59 GMT] After the success of the first call for Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to which companies from seven European countries submitted proposals, the Portuguese Space Agency –...
by Nuno Gomes | Jan 11, 2022 | News
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...
