Astronomy
celestial bodies
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
Tiny, but hefty
Microorganisms invisible to the naked eye can survive interplanetary trips
Astronomy research
Astronomy research gets a boost
In operation one of the biggest and most powerful clusters in the world
Evolution of the Universe
The birth of supermassive black holes
These enormous black holes that thrive at the center of galaxies
What is it?
What is it?
Dark energy
Center of the galaxy
An X-ray lamp
Gas disk around a black hole lights up every seven days
Solar system
Why Uranus spins sideways
Crashing into large objects has tilted the rotation axis by 98°
History of FAPESP V
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
Mapping the New World
Astronomers determined latitudes in the Amazon and wrote about the region
Astrophysics
A mirrored black hole
Cone of ions reflects image of mysterious object at the center of the galaxy
Cosmology
Seeds of life in space
Cosmic rays may have generated molecules that formed animals and plants
Astrophysics
The Milky Way revisited
The galaxy's arms may be closer and not as spiral-shaped as had been thought
Astrophysics
The Sun and its sisters
Brazilians identify stars similar to the one that warms and lights up the Earth
Astrophysics
The secret of Perseus
Simulations explain the high temperature of gas in galaxy agglomerations
Astrophysics
The coupling of the old dwarfs
A study testifies the merging process of a group of small galaxies