There is a baby exoplanet ravaged by storms
March 27, 2019 - 18:30
The state-of-the-art GRAVITY instrument, mounted on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, reveals details of a storm-ravaged exoplanet
TAG: Science in Space
Kepler Space Telescope crashed after 9 years of research in the farthest reaches of the Universe
November 4, 2018 - 9:03
The Kepler space telescope, which began exploring starlight in 2009, ended its functionality this week as its fuel ran out.
The first flower from space…or maybe not
January 22, 2016 - 13:29
Flowering plants, or angiosperms, have appeared in the history of life on planet Earth for at least 130 million […]
International collaboration among scientists takes giant stride in the search for dark matter
November 14, 2015 - 19:00
The international collaboration XENON, which includes a team of scientists from the University of Coimbra (UC), has just inaugurated […]
Scientists Find Evidence of Liquid Salt Water on Mars
September 29, 2015 - 13:21
On the red planet, in summer, very salty water flows down the slopes of some regions of the surface of Mars. This is […]
Solar eclipse had implications for meteorology
March 24, 2015 - 8:47
A decrease in global radiation measured at some stations across the national territory, in the period between 08 am and 09 am […]
Portuguese Scientists Study the Geology of Mars
July 31, 2014 - 9:48
An international team led by the University of Coimbra analyzes the geology of Mars using methods identical to those applied on Earth. For the […]
Is there already terrestrial life on Mars?
May 25, 2014 - 9:29
When Portuguese and Spanish explorers discovered the American continent at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, they contaminated the new world with […]
Supernovas sweep space!
May 24, 2014 - 22:10
Supernovas are the spectacular end of life for massive stars. These are explosions that produce huge amounts of energy and […]
What goes on on Jupiter?
May 17, 2014 - 9:21
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Its mass is 317,8 times that of Earth and […]
Copernicus program satellite launched for Earth observation
April 4, 2014 - 11:28
The launch of the first satellite dedicated to the Copernicus program took place yesterday, April 3, successfully from […]
