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Astronomy

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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PROFILE

Cosmic dance

Brazilian astronomer has been collaborating with NASA for more than two decades and discovered a supernova

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Profile

Shining stars

Scientist uses astronomy concepts to discuss race and gender issues

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Astronomy

A galaxy destined to fade

Astronomers observed a galaxy ejecting immense quantities of cold gas, enough to form 10,000 new stars the size of the Sun every year

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Astrophysics

Persistent connection

International team captures unexpected simultaneous creation of star and planet in system continuously sustained by cloud of gas

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Astronomy

Space 1.6 million years from now

Using new data astronomers have predicted the movement of the 300,000 stars within 326 light-years of the Sun over the next 1.6 million years

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Hayabusa2

Successful return

The Japanese space mission has successfully collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu and brought them safely back to Earth

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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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