Category: Universe
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Scientists Discover Earth-Like Planet That Could Harbor Life
Astronomers have identified a possible planet with dimensions very similar to Earth’s orbiting a star about 150 light-years away in the Milky Way. Named HD 137010 b, the celestial body is approximately 6% larger than our planet and occupies a region considered strategic around its star, raising the hypothesis of favorable conditions for the existence…
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After 10 Years of Black Hole Science, Stephen Hawking Is Proven Correct
On September 14, 2015, physicists achieved the long-awaited goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shock waves expelled by cataclysmic events like the violent merger of two black holes. This major breakthrough quickly earned the Nobel Prize in Physics for three of the leading figures in the effort. In the 10 years since then, scientists have…
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NASA Bets on Space Missions to Search for Life on Moons and Planets
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Sixty years after the first mission to Mars, Mariner 4, which aimed to capture images of the Red Planet, the expedition involving the Perseverance rover is already considered the most exciting by the scientific community and the closest to locating life outside planet Earth. This is the assessment of the North American Space Agency (NASA)…
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Life on Mars? NASA Says Rock Sample Shows Potential Signs of Ancient Life
Long ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars—or did it? That’s the question NASA scientists have been trying to answer for years. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer may lie in a rock sample that “contains potential biosignatures”. The discovery, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, puts the agency one step closer to…
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Are We Alone in the Universe After All? Experts Explain Why—Probably Not
Gazing at the starry sky and wondering if we’re alone in the universe is an exercise that has intrigued scientists for centuries. BBC News Brasil highlighted in a recent report that, despite the lack of definitive proof, experts believe it’s almost impossible for life to exist only on Earth. After all, our planet is just…