Astronauta

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While in space, an astronaut captures a rare image that includes auroras, the curvature of the Earth, the Southern Cross, Alpha Centauri, and structures of the space station in a single frame.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 04/06/2026 at 16:38

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NASA researchers test new material capable of withstanding contact with melted lunar dust, one of the biggest challenges of space missions: technology may help astronauts produce oxygen, fuel, and structures using resources found on the lunar surface itself.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 29/05/2026 at 16:50

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35 years ago, a Soviet took off for the Mir station without knowing that the Soviet Union would collapse during his mission. Rescued with German help, the cosmonaut spent more than a year in space and participated in the assembly of the International Space Station.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/05/2026 at 22:15

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Astronauts face lethal radiation, lose bone density, and live in isolation for months: NASA reveals the 5 biggest risks of living in space and explains why missions to Mars still challenge science

Ruth Rodrigues 29/04/2026 at 08:18

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Bacteria found by NASA intrigues scientists: it survives without water, resists extreme sterilization, and “plays dead.” Tersicoccus phoenicis is an invisible contamination risk in space missions.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 27/04/2026 at 13:13

Astronauta relata impacto após 178 dias no espaço, descreve a Terra sem fronteiras, questiona a economia como prioridade e alerta que a humanidade ignora o que realmente sustenta a vida no planeta.

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Astronaut Who Spent 178 Days in Space Issues Stark Warning After Seeing Earth From Above, Says Humanity Lives a Dangerous Lie, Exposes Economic Illusion, Ignores Borders, Questions Global Priorities, and Startles By Revealing What Really Matters for Survival

Bruno Teles 19/01/2026 at 12:50

“Lá de cima, não faz sentido lutar”, diz astronauta canadense após meses na Estação Espacial Internacional ao notar um planeta sem fronteiras, testemunhar sua extrema fragilidade e questionar por que a humanidade insiste em dividir o que é um só mundo

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“From Up There, It Makes No Sense to Fight,” Says Canadian Astronaut After Months on the International Space Station Noticing a Planet Without Borders, Witnessing Its Extreme Fragility, and Questioning Why Humanity Insists on Dividing What Is One World

Valdemar Medeiros 09/01/2026 at 09:09

Foto tirada do espaço mostra ilha em formato de baleia em Belize e destaca o Grande Buraco Azul, uma das dolinas marinhas mais profundas do planeta.

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Astronaut Captures Whale-Shaped Island in the Caribbean, Image Reveals Giant Blue Hole

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 04/01/2026 at 10:02

Astronauta da JAXA compartilha imagens da Terra vistas da ISS em dezembro de 2025, durante a Expedição 74, que realizou pesquisas científicas

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Astronaut Shares Stunning View of South America from the International Space Station

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 15/12/2025 at 11:55

Jim Lovell ajudou a transformar falha catastrófica da Apollo 13 em estudo de gerenciamento de crise usado até hoje

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Astronaut Jim Lovell, Who Commanded Apollo 13, Dies at 97

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 08/08/2025 at 18:55

Uniforme, azulejos e mentiras: como Robert Hunt enganou até prefeitos se passando por astronauta

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He Drank Tea With The Mayor Pretending To Be An Astronaut: The Bizarre Case Of Robert Hunt

Bruno Teles 26/07/2025 at 12:02

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See The Unusual Way A NASA Astronaut P improvised A Hamburger In Space

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 11/06/2025 at 23:25

While in space, an astronaut captures a rare image that includes auroras, the curvature of the Earth, the Southern Cross, Alpha Centauri, and structures of the space station in a single frame.

NASA researchers test new material capable of withstanding contact with melted lunar dust, one of the biggest challenges of space missions: technology may help astronauts produce oxygen, fuel, and structures using resources found on the lunar surface itself.

35 years ago, a Soviet took off for the Mir station without knowing that the Soviet Union would collapse during his mission. Rescued with German help, the cosmonaut spent more than a year in space and participated in the assembly of the International Space Station.

Astronauts face lethal radiation, lose bone density, and live in isolation for months: NASA reveals the 5 biggest risks of living in space and explains why missions to Mars still challenge science

Bacteria found by NASA intrigues scientists: it survives without water, resists extreme sterilization, and “plays dead.” Tersicoccus phoenicis is an invisible contamination risk in space missions.

Astronaut Who Spent 178 Days in Space Issues Stark Warning After Seeing Earth From Above, Says Humanity Lives a Dangerous Lie, Exposes Economic Illusion, Ignores Borders, Questions Global Priorities, and Startles By Revealing What Really Matters for Survival

“From Up There, It Makes No Sense to Fight,” Says Canadian Astronaut After Months on the International Space Station Noticing a Planet Without Borders, Witnessing Its Extreme Fragility, and Questioning Why Humanity Insists on Dividing What Is One World

Astronaut Captures Whale-Shaped Island in the Caribbean, Image Reveals Giant Blue Hole

Astronaut Shares Stunning View of South America from the International Space Station

Astronaut Jim Lovell, Who Commanded Apollo 13, Dies at 97

He Drank Tea With The Mayor Pretending To Be An Astronaut: The Bizarre Case Of Robert Hunt

See The Unusual Way A NASA Astronaut P improvised A Hamburger In Space

In the cold desert of Ladakh, where it hardly rains, engineer Sonam Wangchuk created the ice stupa, a tower that freezes winter water and stores it for irrigating crops in the spring, a simple engineering feat that mimics nature.

Almost 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland. Houses form a continuous row, and behind them, narrow agricultural strips emerge, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.

Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

They planted a sea of eucalyptus to produce cellulose, but the monoculture turned into a green desert, dried up springs and rivers, and pushed families out of regions in Minas Gerais and Bahia.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Heir bought 23,000 degraded acres in the Scottish Highlands, fenced the area, planted nearly 1 million native trees, and transformed empty mountains into a forest officially recognized after meeting 15 evaluation criteria over 20 years.

The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, was covered in flowers and turned into a colorful carpet with more than 200 species in the phenomenon called “desert bloom,” when atypical rains awaken seeds that had remained dormant in the soil for many years.