Columbia disaster could have been avoided – 02/01/2023 – Science

20 years ago, negligence of a damage resulted in the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia, from NASA, during its return to Earth. The seven crew members died. On the morning of February 1, 2003, the then president of the usa George W. Bush issued a statement live on American television. It was the second … Read more

NASA: Artemis 1 launch has been postponed again – 03/09/2022 – Science

A NASA once again postponed the launch of the Artemis mission 1, initially examination flight of the SLS (House Launch Method) rocket with the Orion capsule, intended to bring gentleman again to the Moon. The 2nd attempt was scheduled for this Saturday (3), from 3:17 pm (Brazil time). The US room company is now analyzing … Read more

NASA announces flight to the Moon starting August 29 – 7/20/2022 – Science

A Artemis 1the first unmanned mission of the American return to Luashould take off from August 29, announced this Wednesday (20) the agency space two United States (Nasa). Thus, the spacecraft will make the first of a series of flights with which the USA intend to return to the Moon with a human crew, establish … Read more

Pale blue, deep blue: how Uranus and Neptune get their colors – 01/06/2022 – Science

Roses are red. Neptune it’s deep blue. Why Uranus isn’t it too? the scientists wondered. It’s an intriguing question. Uranus and Neptune, the two outermost planets in our solar system, are ice giants — cold worlds made of gas and ice, with similar chemical compositions. They are also not very different in mass, with Uranus … Read more

SC has meteor shower with debris from Halley’s comet – 05/06/2022 – Science

The dawn of Thursday (5) was a spectacle on its own for astronomers from all over Brazil. The country registered hundreds of meteors in several states, especially in interior from Sao Pauloand in the north of Paraná is at Santa Catarina —the state alone recorded about 300 fragments in the sky. Many of them are … Read more

NASA takes lunar megarocket to launch pad – 03/18/2022 – Science

The new giant rocket Nasa started this Thursday (17) its first transfer to a launch pad, where it will undergo a series of tests that, if successful, will allow it to carry out its mission of reaching the take in the northern summer. The SLS rocket left the Kennedy Space Center assembly building in Florida … Read more

5-year-old Brazilian boy becomes asteroid hunter and wins honors – 02/18/2022

It is possible that, one day, an asteroid unknowingly collides with our planet, Earth, and… BOOM! It would be the end of humans and many other species. This is how countless dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago. How to prevent this from happening? If you ask 5-year-old Miro Latansio Tsai that question, he knows … Read more