NASA is set to launch four astronauts on Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission around the moon marking humanity's farthest spaceflight in 54 years and a critical step toward lunar surface landing before China.
NASA plans to launch the nuclear-powered Dragonfly helicopter to Titan in July 2028, arriving after 6.5 years to explore a moon with methane rain, rivers, and potential signs of life.
Eclipse lunar parcial será visível em todo o Brasil no dia 28 de agosto, cobrindo mais de 90% da Lua. Evento astronômico poderá ser observado de diferentes regiões do país em horários específicos.
The Artemis II astronauts will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, with President Trump presenting the award during a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured imagery of some of the oldest stars in the universe, providing unprecedented insights into early cosmic formation and stellar evolution.
German actress Collien Fernandes discovered her husband was impersonating her online and distributing explicit material, sparking a broader feminist movement around digital abuse and identity theft.
A Nasa desenvolveu um novo telescópio espacial que opera com capacidades semelhantes às de um satélite-espião cósmico, ampliando sua capacidade de observação do universo.
Alexis Rodriguez is suing NYC medical examiner's office technicians for allegedly fabricating DNA evidence that led to his wrongful 2014 conviction for attempted rape.
A woman raised without vaccines has become a prominent voice promoting scientific literacy and empathetic dialogue about vaccination, bridging divides between skeptics and health advocates.
Evidence reveals Sandbach, Tinne and Company illegally trafficked enslaved Africans to Guyana in 1847, four decades after abolition, despite receiving millions in taxpayer compensation for previously enslaved people.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detected Neptune's auroras in March 2025 and revealed the planet's upper atmosphere has cooled several hundred degrees since Voyager 2's 1989 flyby.
Webb's 2023 observations reveal Neptune's upper atmosphere is 358K, far colder than Voyager 2's 1989 measurement of 750K, solving a decades-long detection puzzle while raising new questions about atmospheric energy sources.
Astronomers discovered that stars with rapid pre-existing rotation survive repeated close encounters with supermassive black holes, explaining why some produce progressively fainter light bursts.
India launches initiatives to prevent orbital debris and establish sustainable space operations, including ISRO's Debris Free Space Mission targeting 2030 and advanced tracking infrastructure to manage increasingly congested Earth orbits.
The Moon enters its Waxing Gibbous phase on August 23, 2026, with 79% illumination visible before reaching Full Moon on August 28.
Un eclipse lunar casi total ocurrirá la próxima semana con América en posición privilegiada para observarlo. España verá un eclipse lunar parcial el 28 de agosto con características visuales únicas.
NASA's MOXIE instrument aboard Perseverance successfully extracted oxygen from Mars's CO2 atmosphere on April 20, 2021, producing 5.4 grams and demonstrating in-situ resource utilization on another planet for the first time.
Greenland sharks, living up to 400 years, maintain healthy eye tissue and active vision proteins without retinal decline. DNA repair mechanisms may hold clues for protecting human vision from age-related diseases.
Research shows abstinence from alcohol triggers increased brain activity in stress-related regions, potentially doubling in those who later relapse. This finding could help identify high-risk individuals before they return to drinking.
Scientists discovered bacteria use proteins as templates to synthesize DNA, reversing the normal information flow where nucleic acids guide replication. This unconventional system serves as an antiviral defense mechanism.
El Montreal de Alexis Sánchez y Thomas Gillier rescató un empate 2-2 ante LA Galaxy en Canadá, con el delantero chileno ingresando en el segundo tiempo para buscar la remontada.
Researchers discovered unusual quantum oscillations in zirconium pentatelluride under extreme magnetic fields, revealing topological rather than many-body origins for electron behavior in this exotic material.
Research reveals wind turbines kill bats via barotrauma—internal pressure damage from blade wake—rather than collision alone, affecting hundreds of thousands annually across North America.
Alexis Sánchez ingresó en el segundo tiempo del CF Montréal que empató 2-2 con LA Galaxy, iniciando la jugada del gol de la paridad tras la expulsión del portero rival.
Eclipse lunar entre 27 e 28 de agosto encobrirá 93% da Lua e será visível em todo Brasil, podendo deixá-la avermelhada. Astrônomo da UFRJ recomenda observação a olho nu.
