Astronomy
Beatriz Barbuy
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Beatriz Barbuy: In the wake of the first stars
Astrophysics talks about the formation of the first stars of the Milky Way
By Marcos Pivetta and Ricardo Zorzetto
Memory
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Under the skies of Bahia
Valentin Stansel’s astronomy observations were mentioned in Newton’s Principia
By Redação
João Evangelista Steiner
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João Evangelista Steiner: Astronomical leaps
USP's astrophysical talks about changes in Brazilian astronomy
By Marcos Pivetta and Neldson Marcolin
Evolution of the galaxy
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The heart of the Milky Way
Survey of stars reconstitutes the central region of the galaxy
Ask the researchers
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Ask the researchers
How does the laser spectrometer on the Mars Curiosity rover work?
Nobel
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Meeting of Nobel laureates
City brings together laureates to inspire new generations of scientists
What is it?
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What is it?
Solar flares
Pierre Auger Observatory
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Cosmic Rays, Still an Enigma
Analysis of highest-energy particles moves forward
celestial bodies
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Eta Carinae: more than an eclipse
Two phenomena cause periodical blackout of the star Eta Carinae
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More than an eclipse
Collapse of stellar winds prolongs the cyclical blackout of the Eta Carinae
Extraterrestrial life
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Tiny, but hefty
Microorganisms invisible to the naked eye can survive interplanetary trips
Astronomy research
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Astronomy research gets a boost
In operation one of the biggest and most powerful clusters in the world
Evolution of the Universe
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The birth of supermassive black holes
These enormous black holes that thrive at the center of galaxies
What is it?
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What is it?
Dark energy
Center of the galaxy
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An X-ray lamp
Gas disk around a black hole lights up every seven days
Solar system
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Why Uranus spins sideways
Crashing into large objects has tilted the rotation axis by 98°
History of FAPESP V
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Competition in the sky
FAPESP have helped astronomers and astrophysicists produce science
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Heaven cannot wait
Redefinition of the space program aims to speed up the launching of satellites
Memory
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Mapping the New World
Astronomers determined latitudes in the Amazon and wrote about the region
Astrophysics
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A mirrored black hole
Cone of ions reflects image of mysterious object at the center of the galaxy
Cosmology
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Seeds of life in space
Cosmic rays may have generated molecules that formed animals and plants