The lecture «Voyager – 35 years on the way to the stars», by António Piedade, biochemist and science communicator, is scheduled for December 21, at 21 pm, in an initiative of the Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve, in Faro, within the framework of a Café-Science of free entry.
In this lecture, the launch of the Voyager 35 and 1 probes 2 years ago will be addressed. After having explored for the first time in human history, the giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – are today at the outer limit of the solar system.
Voyager 1, the farthest man-made "object" from Earth, now about 122 times the distance from Earth to Sun, will be the first probe to reach interstellar space.
On their way to the stars, Voyager probes carry messages from Humanity and Earth, this “light blue dot” in the immensity of the Universe, as Carl Sagan wrote.
António Piedade will also present his new book “Silêncio Prodigioso – the first word” (National Reading Plan). This is an author's edition where a secret is unveiled, a prodigious silence, through the dialogue between a mother and her daughter who, with the help of science, go through a time without memory.
From 22:30 there will be an astronomical observation (depending on weather conditions).
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