Cosmos

Vela supercluster

The Milky Way’s gigantic neighbor

One of the largest superclusters of galaxies has been discovered

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GALILEO

The European GPS is coming

The new european GPS system should be running on November

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Pierre Auger Observatory

More muons than predicted by the LHC

Up to 60% more muons detected in cosmic-ray shower

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Astronomy

In the heart of Eta Carinae

Astrophysicists observed Eta Carinae at an unprecedented level of detail

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Schiaparelli

Lost on Mars

ESA's vehicle sent to Mars crashed onto its surface

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ASTRONOMY

Titan’s landscape

Methane creates canyons and lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon

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Astronomy

Detailed map of the Milky Way

ESA released preliminary data on the survey of stars in the Milky Way

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Sylvio Ferraz Mello

Sylvio Ferraz Mello: A unique trajectory

Studies helped explain characteristic anomalies in the orbits of asteroids

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Proxima Centauri b

Hope for extraterrestrial life

A newly discovered planet is the focus of the search for life beyond Earth

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James Watson Cronin

Loss in physics

American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1980, died at age 84

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New eyes on the Universe

Telescopes will study dark matter, dark energy, and map the cosmos in 3D

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The age of grand observations

International partnerships and investments should boost astrophysics in São Paulo

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Fast

Chinese super telescope

A Chinese radio telescope should be up and running in three months

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Soar

Focus on primordial stars

Spectrograph may be able to observe elements of the first stars in the Universe

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ASTRONOMY

Jupiter pushed Mercury into a new orbit

An abrupt “jump” by Jupiter is believed to have pushed Mercury into its orbit

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