The Star That Survived a Supernova
Versão portuguesa disponível aqui A supernova is the catastrophic explosion of a star. Thermonuclear supernovae, in particular, signal the complete destruction of a white dwarf star, leaving nothing behind. At least that’s what models and observations suggested. So when a team of astronomers went to look at the site of…
A red needle in a haystack
A team of astronomers has found what could be the most distant galaxy ever spotted. Named HD1, it is about billion light-years away – which is to say it is quite close to the 14 billion year old Big Bang. The finding shows that bright systems like HD1 can be…
ESA’s Gaia mission released new data
Versão portuguesa disponível On June 13th, ESA's Gaia mission released its new treasure trove of data about our home galaxy. Astronomers describe strange ‘starquakes’, stellar DNA, asymmetric motions and other fascinating insights in this most detailed Milky Way survey to date. Gaia is ESA’s mission to create the most accurate…
First Images From NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Coming Soon
Versão Portuguesa 🇵🇹 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, 2022. As the largest and most complex observatory ever launched into space, Webb has been going through…
