Astronomy
Astronomy
Saturn has more moons than Jupiter
Researchers announced the discovery of 20 new moons around Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun
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Astronomy
Water in the atmosphere of other worlds
A group has identified water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b by studying images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Interview
Daniel Kennefick: The importance of Sobral
An astrophysicist and science historian reports that without the observation of the eclipse in the city of Ceará, the experimental results of 1919 would probably have been inconclusive
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Astronomy
Gravitational waves generated by a new type of collision?
Gravitational waves detected on August 14 of this year were probably generated by a collision between two different celestial bodies
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Astronomy
Mystery on the Moon
Near the South Pole of the Moon, on the side not seen from Earth, there is a crater of colossal proportions
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Cosmology
Visibility limit
International radio telescope array produces the first image of a black hole
Astronomy
Organization established to build the world’s largest radio telescope
After three and a half years of negotiation, representatives from seven countries came together to sign a treaty establishing the intergovernmental organization that will oversee construction of the world's largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometer Array
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Astrophysics
The young, ephemeral rings of Saturn
Two recent studies have presented new theories on their origin and probable end of Saturn's rings
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Chang'e 4
China lands probe on dark side of the Moon
China has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon
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Astronomy
Telescope measures almost all the starlight ever produced in the universe
Based on data collected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, an international group of astrophysicists has been able to measure almost all of the starlight produced since the universe was formed about 13.7 billion years ago
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Astronomy
The first colossuses in the Cosmos
Two recent findings, however, suggest that some colossal systems already existed at 13.8 billion years ago
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History
405-year-old letter suggests Galileo toned down his beliefs
A letter found at the Royal Society in London suggests that Galileo Galilei softened his stance against the ecclesiastical doctrine that the Sun orbited Earth to avoid arrest by the Roman Inquisition
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Video
The eclipse which revolutionized physics
This Wednesday, May 29th, celebrates 100 years of the eclipse which was the first experimental proof of the Theory of General Relativity | 2'36"
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