Astronomy
Evolution of the galaxy

The heart of the Milky Way
Survey of stars reconstitutes the central region of the galaxy
Ask the researchers

Ask the researchers
How does the laser spectrometer on the Mars Curiosity rover work?
Nobel

Meeting of Nobel laureates
City brings together laureates to inspire new generations of scientists
What is it?

What is it?
Solar flares
Pierre Auger Observatory

Cosmic Rays, Still an Enigma
Analysis of highest-energy particles moves forward
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