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Astronomy

Geophysics

Hidden light

Brazilian group identifies rare light in the upper atmosphere over northeastern Brazil, created by the Moon passing in front of the Sun

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Astronomy

A 10-billion-year-old fossil

In the center of the Milky Way lie the remains of another galaxy that it cannibalized some 10 billion years ago

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Astrophysics

Holes of every size

Gravitational waves reveal black holes of new sizes

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Geology

Water on the near side of the moon

There is water on the Moon, and not only in the dark craters located near its poles

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Obituary

João Steiner’s legacy

The USP astrophysicist studied black holes and created partnerships giving Brazil access to large international telescopes

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Astrophysics

Where the “day” lasts half a minute

Brazilians discover the fastest white dwarf star, which completes one rotation on its axis in less than 30 seconds

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Astronomy

Heading for Mars

The United Arab Emirates launched its first interplanetary space probe from a space center in Japan

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Astronomy

Asteroid showers on Earth and the Moon

About 800 million years ago, fragments of a large asteroid collided with Earth and the Moon

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SpaceX

A historic flight

On May 31, American astronauts arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month mission

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Astronomy

A moon on the move

Titan, the largest of Saturn's 82 moons, is moving away from the planet almost 100 times faster than previously estimated

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Astronomy

High-resolution moon

Researchers have produced the first detailed digital map of the Moon's entire surface

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Astronomy

Windows on the Milky Way

Regions of space with less gas and dust allow astronomers to observe stars on the other side of the galaxy

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Astrophysics

Mars in super-high resolution

In March, NASA presented the highest resolution panoramic image ever taken of the surface of Mars

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Interview

Augusto Damineli: Stellar interpreter

An astrophysicist recounts his discovery that the most-studied star beyond our Sun undergoes periodic dips in luminance, and is actually a system composed of two stars

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Astronomy

A giant, sleeping galaxy

An international group of astronomers has identified a rare galaxy, known only as XMM-2599, which formed very early in the history of the universe

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Photolab

Needle in a haystack

In this collage ultra-diffuse galaxies are shown by the faint white patches in the center of each square

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Careers

Space ahoy!

Engineer takes part in simulated space mission and could become Brazil’s first female astronaut

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Tourism

Travel lessons

Travel itineraries combine science learning with exploring new horizons, allowing visitors to act as research assistants on scientific studies

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Astronomy

Probe reveals origin of solar winds

The Parker Solar Probe space probe has been closer to the Sun than any other manmade object, and it is expected to get even closer over the next seven years of its mission

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Astronomy

Cosmic pretzel

Image shows system formed of two young stars entwined within discs of gas and dust filaments

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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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Cover

In the British expedition’s shadow

The Sobral eclipse was also observed by scientific expeditions from Brazil and the US

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Cover

When light bent

Observations of the 1919 solar eclipse from Brazil and Africa provided the first experimental proof of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity

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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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Photography

Much more than a photographer

A retrospective on Marc Ferrez brings to light his dialogue with science and expands knowledge of his work

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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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Cover

From war to space

July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of humankind’s arrival on the Moon, the final chapter of a technological and military saga filled with twists and turns

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Cover

Brazilian lunar mission

Garatéa-L project plans to put a nanosatellite into lunar orbit to study how life responds to high levels of radiation

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