NASA detecta maior molécula existente no espaço "O Telescópio Espacial Spitzer, da NASA, descobriu no espaço, pela primeira vez, moléculas de carbono conhecidas como "buckyballs". […] As bolas de carbono foram localizadas em uma nebulosa planetária chamada Tc 1. Nebulosas planetárias são restos de estrelas como o Sol, que expelem suas camadas exteriores de gás…
A total solar eclipse arced across the southern Pacific Ocean Sunday, blotting out the sun and offering stunning views to skywatchers, some of whom ventured to remote islands or rode cruise ships just to see the event. in space.com As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun…
How big is a proton? The most accurate measurement yet suggests it’s smaller than we thought. This could be due to an error – or it might just hint at totally new particle physics. “The new experiment presents a puzzle with no obvious candidate for an explanation,” says Peter Mohr of the international Committee on…
“The proton seems to be 0.00000000000003 millimetres smaller than researchers previously thought, according to work published in today’s issue of Nature.” in Nature.com
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