NASA’s Voyager-1After five months of radio silence, NASA has successfully reestablished contact with the venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft in a brilliant demonstration of problem-solving skills.…
Full moon in April 2024: The Pink Moon’s Spiritual Importance
The U.S. Naval Observatory reports that the full moon for April will be visible on Tuesday, reaching its zenith at approximately 7:49 p.m. EDT, and…
Aurora borealis aka Northern Lights may be visible this Halloween
Aurora borealis is an extremely beautiful natural phenomenon that occurs in the Earth’s atmosphere. This event, sometimes called a polar light or northern lights mainly…
What does the term algorithm mean?
José Morgado, my algebra professor at the University of Porto, explained the difference between chemistry and mathematics as follows: “Chemists give simple things complex names,…
Sun-like stars devour planets in their orbits, study shows 08/31/2021 – science
In planetary systems that are formed by sun-like stars, but which have severe dynamic processes that lead to reconfigurations in their architecture, some planets may…
A pain called a phantom – basic science
By Renata Fontanetto Why do some people feel members who no longer exist? * “Feet, what do I want them for when I have wings…
Astronauts find new cracks in the module of the International Space Station – 08/30/2021 – Science
Russian astronauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station (ISS) that could expand, a space official said Monday, the latest…
Cambridge astronomers propose a new category of habitable exoplanets
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, suggest that the search for planets with life should not be limited to worlds similar to ours, and…
What Buffon and Yanomami Bolsonaro can teach about natural beauty – 08/28/2021 – Marcelo Leite
Two extraordinary books on nature, very different and yet related, fall into the hands of the Brazilians. Almost three centuries separate the educational projects from…
Four-legged whale ancestors discovered in Egypt
Scientists in Egypt have identified an unknown four-legged whale species that lived 43 million years ago. The fossil of the amphibian Phiomicetus anubis was originally…