Explorando os Enigmas do Superuniverso
July 2019 will have two eclipses and both will be visible from Brazil, albeit partially. On July 2, there will be a total solar eclipse but for a good part of South America, including Brazil, it will be partial. Already on July 16, there will be a partial lunar eclipse, when it will be possible […]
The construction of the Alqueva dam opened a unique opportunity for hundreds of trees to be felled and to test a dating method for the ancient olive trees. A mixture of respect and perplexity are inevitable when you observe one of the oldest living beings in Portugal. It was recently dated as having the astonishing […]
The earth is at risk of being hit by an asteroid as wide as a football field in September this year. The rock has a one in 7,000 chance of hitting the planet on September 9 at 7.03am, according to the European Space Agency’s list of the most concerning space objects. Known as asteroid 2006QV89, it has a diameter of 40m […]
Earth’s magnetic North Pole has drifted so fast that authorities have had to officially redefine the location of the magnetic North Pole. The extreme wandering of the North Pole caused increasing concerns over navigation, especially in high latitudes. Earth’s magnetic field is known to have wandered and flipped in the geologic past. Earth’s magnetic field […]
The image was artificially colored by astronomers after NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a beautiful image of a crater located on the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars. The geographic depression is one of the largest ever photographed by the probe, measuring 15 to 16 meters deep and was captured in […]
The owner of the precious artifact, who lives on a farm in the US state of Michigan, used the meteorite to hold doors 30 years ago A door weight or a treasure for science? A man living on a farm in the US state of Michigan acquired an interesting-looking meteorite in 1988 but did not […]
Russian cosmonauts have discovered bacteria living outside the International Space Station (ISS). As these bacteria were not in the outer hull when the liveable satellite was launched in 1998, this is particularly strange. The ISS hull samples were collected with a cotton swab during a spacewalk by the Russian space program. Cotton swabs were collected […]
A recent video provided by NASA is yet another demonstration of how nature surprises every day. A sea of sand coming out of the Sahara Desert towards the Amazon rainforest, making a journey of more than 2000 km. The data were collected between the years 2003 to 2007, however the society only had access to […]
Places here in our own solar system like Mars, Europe, Moon, Enceladus and even Mercury have water (or traces thereof) in liquid or solid state. Whether you're ready to fill a glass or not, would you drink Martian water? While eating an extraterrestrial liquid is an interesting symbolic feat, we recommend you think twice before […]
Were there civilizations of advanced humans scattered throughout the galaxies? A group of researchers working on the Human Genome Project made an impressive discovery! The results of the study made the Christians angry. They believe that 97% of human DNA that is formed, by so-called "uncoded sequences", are nothing less than genetic codes of extraterrestrial […]