Astronomy
Awards
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Research Receives Award in the USA
Brazilian astronomer Marcelle Soares-Santos received the Alvin Tollestrup Award
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Physics
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Storms in a vacuum
Energy in empty space could destroy stars and reveal the nature of dark matter
Sun
Watching the sun for 2,300 years
Remains of astronomy observation site discovered in Peru
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European Space Agency
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To find other planets
New observatory will start in 2024 search for explanets
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Space Geophysics
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Under the Moon’s influence
Moon's gravitational force causes perturbations in the Earth's atmosphere
Yucatan Peninsula
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The scars of a crash
Underwater cliff apparently hides remnants of meteor impact
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Satellite
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Brazil wants to move up CBERS-4 launch
Brazil and China discuss earlier assembly and launching of CBERS-4
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Astrophysics
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More nitrogen in a cluster
Stars of different ages form the oldest collections of matter in galaxies
More precise measuring
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A yardstick for the universe
Distances between galaxy clusters throw light on dark energy
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Comets
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Amino acid source
Collision with a rocky planet may have generated the first amino acids
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Lunar atmosphere
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In Search of Moon Dust
NASA plans to send manned missions to the Moon to collect data
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movement of Mercury
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Coincidences on Mercury
Astronomers explain Mercury's celestial movement
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Astronomy
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Danger near Pluto
Brazilians are involved in assessing risk for the space probe New Horizons
Astrophysics
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Sentinel in the cosmic darkness
Super radio telescope is looking for the earliest stars in the Universe