Solar Orbiter’s unprecedented view of the quiet corona
Versão portuguesa disponível aqui The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission has experienced its second close encounter with the Sun. It is delivering more stunning data, and at higher resolution than ever before. The moment of closest approach took place on 12 October at 19:12 UTC, when Solar Orbiter was just 29%…
This Universe’s most massive star just said “cheese!”
Located in the Tarantula Nebula at about 160,000 light-years from us, R136a1 is the most massive star we know across the whole Universe. Using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, astronomers recently managed to get the sharpest image ever made of the gigantic star. The image suggests that maybe such…
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
Versão portuguesa disponível aqui Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object…
Soapbox Science Lisbon 2022 – Empowering Women in STEM
Soapbox Science comes on October 15th for the third time to Portugal, Lisbon. As a premier we will be found for the first time live in person at FICA Oeiras 🇵🇹 Versão portuguesa disponível aqui Over the last decade large investment in science outreach and promotion of careers in Science,…
SoapBox Science Lisbon 2022 – Article by Malgorzata Zakrzewska
Article by Malgorzata Zakrzewska 🇵🇹 Versão portuguesa disponível aqui You Got this! If there is one thing I’ve learned is all the management skills that we boost during the maternity leave, such as multitasking, scheduling, risk assessment, negotiating, problem(drama)-solving, stress/crisis control, communication (including non-verbal), or innovative thinking, and…
SoapBox Science Lisbon 2022 – Article by Inês Navalhas
Article by Inês Navalhas 🇵🇹 Versão portuguesa disponível aqui Science communication: a bridge between the past and the future of science What role can science communication play in peoples’ lives? Image: Tom Dunne, American Scientist 2015. In history, there are several examples of the use and importance of science…
SoapBox Science Lisbon 2022 – Article by Diana Marques
Article by Diana Marques 🇵🇹 Versão portuguesa disponível aqui The key ingredient of a recipe I was raised in a big family. I have four brothers, and eating together has always been a time for bonding. We ate, enjoyed ourselves, and got caught up in conversations during that time. Interestingly,…
SoapBox Science Lisbon 2022 – Article by Andreia Pinto
Article by Andreia Pinto 🇵🇹 Versão portuguesa disponível aqui It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the one that is most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin There is no recipe for life. No perfect timing. Life just happens. And the more we move the more…
