NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft returns to Mercury NASA NEWS RELEASEPosted: October 4, 2008 WASHINGTON -- A NASA spacecraft will conduct the second of three flybys...
Landscaping the cosmosBY DR EMILY BALDWIN ASTRONOMY NOW Posted: October 03, 2008 The Hubble Heritage Project celebrates its 10th anniversary this month with a...
Cassini flyby of Saturn moon to offer insight into solar system history Scientists are preparing for spacecraft to venture deeper than ever before to sample...
Stunning images from MESSENGER's second Mercury flyby MESSENGER made its second flyby of the innermost planet October 6, and it's already sending back stunning...
física Em Estocolmo Dois cientistas japoneses e um norte-americano nascido em Tóquio dividiram o prêmio Nobel de Física de 2008, pelo trabalho com física...
Pequeno asteróide deve colidir com a Terra na noite desta segunda- feira Objeto tem apenas um a cinco metros de diâmetro e não oferece riscos Um pequeno...
Swift catches farthest-ever gamma-ray burstNASA NEWS RELEASEPosted: September 19, 2008 WASHINGTON -- NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant...
Cosmic 'dark flow' detected across billions of light yearsNASA-GSFC NEWS RELEASEPosted: September 23, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Using data from NASA's Wilkinson...
Europe's station resupply ship concludes mission BY STEPHEN CLARKSPACEFLIGHT NOWPosted: September 29, 2008 An historic chapter in Europe's space program came...
The Solar Wind Takes a Breather I've always had a soft spot for an interplanetary pioneer called Ulysses. Built by the European Space Agency, it was launched...
Ulysses reveals Sun is blowing a weaker solar wind SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE NEWS RELEASEPosted: September 23, 2008 SAN ANTONIO -- Surprising data from...
Three-dimensional look at Venus’ raging windsBY DR EMILY BALDWIN ASTRONOMY NOW Posted: September 22, 2008 ESA's Venus Express spacecraft, the most powerful...
Haumea: Dwarf-Planet Name Game On September 17th, the International Astronomical Union announced that an object in the Kuiper Belt — the fifth solar-system...
Worlds in collisionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES NEWS RELEASEPosted: October 2, 2008 Two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun-like star some 300...
Is This an Alien Planet? Discovering a planet around another star is no big deal these days — dozens of them have been reported in 2008 alone, and the total...
Sharpening up Jupiter EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY NEWS RELEASEPosted: October 2, 2008 A record two-hour observation of Jupiter using a superior technique to...
When it comes to galaxies, diversity is everywhere SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE NEWS RELEASEPosted: September 30, 2008 There's an old saying in astronomy:...
A 'wild cousin' emerges from family tree of exploding stars UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS RELEASEPosted: October 1, 2008 Astronomers may have discovered the...
Infrared echoes give Spitzer a supernova flashbackNASA NEWS RELEASEPosted: October 1, 2008 GREENBELT, Md. -- Hot spots near the shattered remains of an...
Orbiter reveals rock fracture plumbing on Mars NASA/JPL NEWS RELEASEPosted: September 30, 2008 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has...
Opportunity's Mad Dash Someone once said, "Opportunity knocks only once, but temptation bangs on your door for years." And ever since NASA plopped twin rovers...
30/09/2008 - 09h01 Sonda Phoenix vê neve cair em Marte Publicidade da Folha Online A sonda Phoenix, que explora o solo de Marte, detectou a formação de neve...
El viento solar pierde potencia, alcanza su mínimo en 50 años Físicos solares han revelado que el viento solar está perdiendo potencia. Las consecuencias...
Amigos coloquei algumas imagens do último curso na página do GEA, que podem ser acessadas pelos seguintes endereços: http://www.gea.org.br/fotos.html...
Aquecimento global ou era do gelo? Postado por Cássio Barbosa em 29 de Setembro de 2008 às 11:36 Na segunda feira passada, dia 22, começou a primavera, e...
Eta Carina - uma Estrela em Agonia Astrônomo brasileiro comenta notÃcia publicada na Nature, em 11 de setembro de 2008, sobre a morte anunciada da mais...
A prima desconhecida de SN1987A Postado por Cássio Barbosa em 25 de Setembro de 2008 às 11:36 A explosão da supernova de SN1987A foi um marco na astronomia...
Estrelas supermassivas sinalizam buracos negros Nuvens de gás orbitando buracos negros sobrevivem por tempo suficiente para formar estrelas por JR Minkel ...
Empresa privada coloca foguete em órbita Publicidade da France Presse, em Los Angeles O foguete Falcon 1, da empresa norte-americana SpaceX, se tornou no...
