Cosmos

Space

James Webb telescope nearly ready

James Webb telescope nearly ready

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Astronomy

Lone planets in the Milky Way

An international group of astronomers has identified at least 70 new free-floating planets roaming the Milky Way

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PHYSICS

Manuscript by Einstein sells for US$13 million at auction

Manuscript by Einstein sells for US$13 million at auction

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ASTROPHYSICS

The heavyweight of the Milky Way

Black hole holds 99.9% of the matter at the center of the galaxy

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Profile

Data on the Universe

Work by Brazilian researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recognized by the International Astronomical Union

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Astrophysics

The world’s largest space telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is due to be launched in late December; Brazilian astronomers will lead two observation programs and collaborate on another nine

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Geology

Exoplanets with exotic rocks

The rocky planets orbiting stars outside our Solar System may have a very different chemical composition to Earth

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Cosmology

Super-impact on Titan

Collision with celestial body may have created an environment on Saturn's largest moon in which primitive life could emerge

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Video

The search for life on one of Saturn’s moons

Asteroid collision may have created favorable conditions to the appearance of primitive life forms on Titan | 4'10

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ASTROPHYSICS

Devourers of worlds

At least a quarter of Sun-like stars may have swallowed Earth-like planets

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Profile

Universe Laboratory

Angela Villela Olinto, an expert in astroparticle physics, has twice been recognized by science academies in the USA

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ASTROPHYSICS

Star fossil

New survey of celestial bodies finds rare and ancient star over 10 billion years old

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Astrophysics

The oldest spiral galaxy

Astrophysicists have identified the oldest spiral galaxy ever observed

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Interview

Ivair Gontijo: On Martian time

A Brazilian engineer is one of those responsible for monitoring NASA's robotic jeep Perseverance, as it searches for traces of life on Earth's closest neighbor

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Astrophysics

A planet with a renewed atmosphere

Data obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that an exoplanet (GJ 1132 b) was able to develop a new atmosphere after its original was lost

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