Astronomy

Sylvio Ferraz Mello

Sylvio Ferraz Mello: A unique trajectory

Studies helped explain characteristic anomalies in the orbits of asteroids

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Proxima Centauri b

Hope for extraterrestrial life

A newly discovered planet is the focus of the search for life beyond Earth

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James Watson Cronin

Loss in physics

American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1980, died at age 84

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New eyes on the Universe

Telescopes will study dark matter, dark energy, and map the cosmos in 3D

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The age of grand observations

International partnerships and investments should boost astrophysics in São Paulo

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Fast

Chinese super telescope

A Chinese radio telescope should be up and running in three months

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Soar

Focus on primordial stars

Spectrograph may be able to observe elements of the first stars in the Universe

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ASTRONOMY

Jupiter pushed Mercury into a new orbit

An abrupt “jump” by Jupiter is believed to have pushed Mercury into its orbit

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shooting stars

On the lookout for falling stars

Astronomers have cameras set up in France to monitor meteors

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ASTROPHYSICS

The hole in Eta Carinae

A hole in a large star allow us to see below the surface

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A planetary system from 1917

Disks from 1917 is the first of a planetary system distant from the Sun

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ASTRONOMY

Planets with tails

Gas giants can launch molecules essential to life into space

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Chemistry

A new kind of white dwarf

Astrophysicists identified a white dwarf almost entirely composed of oxygen

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ASTROPHYSICS

Another window to the Universe

Gravitational waves is expected to lead to studies on high-energy phenomena

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Memory

The eclipse that confirmed Einstein’s theory

National Observatory restores photographic plates of the 1919 solar eclipse

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Astronomy

Old center, new edges

Astronomers has created the largest “growth chart” of the Milky Way

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ASTRONOMY

Investigating the Sun

Researchers try to understand the reactions that take place inside the Sun

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ASTROPHYSICS

Cannibalistic stars

Group explains how a class of pulsars consumes other celestial objects

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Pierre Auger

Pierre Auger until 2025

An agreement will enable the Observatory to continue operating until 2025

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ASTRONOMY

The source of solar flares

International team maps the energy released in unstable regions of the Sun

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Astrophysics

The night the sky caught fire

Researchers have found evidence of a geomagnetic storm in 1859

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Astronomy

More clusters in sight

Discovered 493 star clusters in the central region of the Milky Way

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ASTROPHYSICS

Alternative route

A discovery indicates a different evolutionary path to the stars

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Sagittarius A

A giant awakens

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way has been more active lately

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ASTRONOMY

Perturbed atmosphere

Meteorologists want to know why the wind is so strong on Venus and Titan

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PHYSICS

Laboratory Sun

Researchers develop model of luminous atmospheric phenomenon

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Astrophysics

Made in Brazil

Mechanical quadrupod for telescopes to be installed in gamma-ray observatory

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AFTER HUBBLE

After Hubble

Due in 2018, James Webb Space Telescope lacks a successor

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ASTROPHYSICS

A trap for ghosts

Mechanism may explain the origin of neutrinos detected in Antarctica

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ASTRONOMY

A voyage to Pluto

New Horizons probe had to survive threats of mission cancellation

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