the illuminated planet
December 24, 2012 - 11:00
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness” Carl Sagan Immemorial nights where the pitch ignited contemplation […]
TAG: astrophysics
Find out what were the main advances in Astronomy in 2012
December 24, 2012 - 8:43
What were the most relevant scientific results in the field of Astronomy, obtained in 2012? This text presents a selection of those […]
Voyager's 35-year trip motivates a lecture at the Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve in Faro
December 18, 2012 - 9:22
The lecture «Voyager – 35 years on the way to the stars», by António Piedade, biochemist and science communicator, is marked […]
Robot Curiosity was released a year ago and has yet to find organic matter on Mars
December 3, 2012 - 17:12
The Curiosity robot was launched aboard the spacecraft “Mars Science Laboratory” a year ago, on 26 November […]
Revealed the history of the nearby Universe
November 15, 2012 - 18:50
An international team, which includes two astronomers from the Astrophysics Center of the University of Porto, observed 100 nearby galaxies with […]
Curiosity makes first X-ray analysis of soil samples from Mars
November 6, 2012 - 14:19
The Curiosity robot landed on the ground of Mars in the past on the 6th of August. Since then, it started first […]
closer to far
October 23, 2012 - 18:15
I look at knowledge with a new wonder! Centaur's alpha star system, just 4,3 light-years away from […]
Scientists discover a planet "just around the corner" (with video)
October 17, 2012 - 19:28
A European team, led by Xavier Dumusque, astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto (CAUP), detected a planet […]
the october sky
October 1, 2012 - 18:47
October 5th is a day of ephemeris. In 1910 the monarchy in Portugal was overthrown, and our […]
Astronomy: The September Sky
August 29, 2012 - 14:29
This month marks the end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Voyager: 35 Years Exploring the Solar System
August 20, 2012 - 9:23
It has been 35 years since Voyager 2 was launched, exactly on August 20, 1977. This probe and […]
