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Stars
Fascinating and gigantic balls of incandescent gas suspended in an empty space, that shine with their own light. We all know the stars. Even in the sky over our cities, so greatly penalized by light pollution, we are able to see some. At times we are even able to identify some depending on the difference in colour and intensity.
Did you know that we are made of stardust? The iron in our blood, the oxygen that we breathe, the calcium in our bones, all the atoms we are made of, were created in the stars billions of years ago, just like all the other elements that are present on our planet.
subjects dealt with in Stars
Beyond solar system
Everybody knows the stars. Even in the skies above our cities, where there is so much light interference from other…
Life of a star
Stars are born, live and die like living beings; the only difference is that they do it in such a…
special reports
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17 June 2014 / Space
Beacons in space
That strange pulsed radio emission It is 1967, a young astrophysics student of the University of Cambridge, Jocelyn Bell is…
23 February 2012 / Space
Neutrinos: speed record?
The news Apparently the sensational discovery made by CERN researchers of Geneva, which claims that neutrinos travel faster than light,…
28 January 2014 / Space
Gaia satellite scanning the sky
Ready, set ... go! On December 19, 2013 the new satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) called GAIA (Global…
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14 May 2014 / Space
Another Earth in the Universe
A world similar to the Earth Finally the news we were waiting for, for so long, has arrived. It was…
31 March 2014 / Space
A day on board the International Space Station
A day in space Every day, on board the ISS (International Space Station), the one and only human outpost in…
17 July 2012 / Space
The importance of being Higgs
Breaking news On 4 July 2012 the CERN Director General, Rolf Dieter Heuer, made an announcement during a seminar that…
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6 March 2014 / Space
A beam of antimatter could help to unravel the secrets of the Universe
Trapping antimatter! At the end of January 2014 it was announced that at the CERN in Geneva an international collaboration,…
19 June 2013 / Space
Cosmic rays
Cosmic rays Have you ever been struck by a beam of high energy particles? Surely you have – it happens…
9 May 2013 / Space
Asteroid hunters
Risk of asteroids hitting Earth When we think of the likelihood of an asteroid, comet or meteorite hitting Earth, our…
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11 March 2013 / Space
Curiosity’s recent discoveries
New information from the Red Planet A few months after the start of its mission on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover…
23 January 2013 / Space
Close encounter with a comet
Introduction 2013 will definitely be remembered as the year of asteroids and comets. These smaller objects of the Solar System…
29 November 2012 / Space
Exobiology
A strange message We are on board a probe that has gone down in the pages of history because it…
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17 June 2014 / Space
Beacons in space
That strange pulsed radio emission It is 1967, a young astrophysics student of the University of Cambridge, Jocelyn Bell is…
23 February 2012 / Space
Neutrinos: speed record?
The news Apparently the sensational discovery made by CERN researchers of Geneva, which claims that neutrinos travel faster than light,…
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28 January 2014 / Space
Gaia satellite scanning the sky
Ready, set ... go! On December 19, 2013 the new satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) called GAIA (Global…
14 May 2014 / Space
Another Earth in the Universe
A world similar to the Earth Finally the news we were waiting for, for so long, has arrived. It was…
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31 March 2014 / Space
A day on board the International Space Station
A day in space Every day, on board the ISS (International Space Station), the one and only human outpost in…
17 July 2012 / Space
The importance of being Higgs
Breaking news On 4 July 2012 the CERN Director General, Rolf Dieter Heuer, made an announcement during a seminar that…
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6 March 2014 / Space
A beam of antimatter could help to unravel the secrets of the Universe
Trapping antimatter! At the end of January 2014 it was announced that at the CERN in Geneva an international collaboration,…
19 June 2013 / Space
Cosmic rays
Cosmic rays Have you ever been struck by a beam of high energy particles? Surely you have – it happens…
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9 May 2013 / Space
Asteroid hunters
Risk of asteroids hitting Earth When we think of the likelihood of an asteroid, comet or meteorite hitting Earth, our…
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17 June 2014 / Space
Beacons in space
That strange pulsed radio emission It is 1967, a young astrophysics student of the University of Cambridge, Jocelyn Bell is…
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23 February 2012 / Space
Neutrinos: speed record?
The news Apparently the sensational discovery made by CERN researchers of Geneva, which claims that neutrinos travel faster than light,…
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28 January 2014 / Space
Gaia satellite scanning the sky
Ready, set ... go! On December 19, 2013 the new satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) called GAIA (Global…
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14 May 2014 / Space
Another Earth in the Universe
A world similar to the Earth Finally the news we were waiting for, for so long, has arrived. It was…
-
31 March 2014 / Space
A day on board the International Space Station
A day in space Every day, on board the ISS (International Space Station), the one and only human outpost in…
-
17 July 2012 / Space
The importance of being Higgs
Breaking news On 4 July 2012 the CERN Director General, Rolf Dieter Heuer, made an announcement during a seminar that…
-
6 March 2014 / Space
A beam of antimatter could help to unravel the secrets of the Universe
Trapping antimatter! At the end of January 2014 it was announced that at the CERN in Geneva an international collaboration,…
-
19 June 2013 / Space
Cosmic rays
Cosmic rays Have you ever been struck by a beam of high energy particles? Surely you have – it happens…
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9 May 2013 / Space
Asteroid hunters
Risk of asteroids hitting Earth When we think of the likelihood of an asteroid, comet or meteorite hitting Earth, our…
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curiosities
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The comet’s tail
Comets are “dirty snowballs” that spend most of their life at the edges of the Solar System...
The definition of a dwarf planet
Astronomy, like all scientific disciplines, is continuously evolving...
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The cosmic microwave background radiation
In 1965, while studying the ground noise of a radio antenna...
Cosmic collision
When two galaxies start to approach, the tidal attraction forces deform their structures...
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Just an ordinary day, in absence of gravity
The typical day of an astronaut in some ways is rather repetitive...
Life from space
According to some scientists life has always existed in the Universe just like the Universe...
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The comet’s tail
Comets are “dirty snowballs” that spend most of their life at the edges of the Solar System...
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The definition of a dwarf planet
Astronomy, like all scientific disciplines, is continuously evolving...
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The cosmic microwave background radiation
In 1965, while studying the ground noise of a radio antenna...
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Cosmic collision
When two galaxies start to approach, the tidal attraction forces deform their structures...
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The comet’s tail
Comets are “dirty snowballs” that spend most of their life at the edges of the Solar System...
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The definition of a dwarf planet
Astronomy, like all scientific disciplines, is continuously evolving...
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The cosmic microwave background radiation
In 1965, while studying the ground noise of a radio antenna...
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Cosmic collision
When two galaxies start to approach, the tidal attraction forces deform their structures...