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Rescuing gravity from the edge

Artistic concept of a supermassive black hole, with millions of solar masses.
The bizarre space-time predictions of Einstein’s General Relativity might be wiped out by a modified version of the theory, with extensive applications now laid down in a comprehensive review article co-authored by a researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA). Ler mais

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Video: Multiverse

Multiverse, Andrew Liddle
Modern theories of cosmology appear to predict that our region of space is a minuscule fragment of a huge ‘multiverse’, where over vast distances physical properties, and perhaps the nature of physical laws themselves, can change. Ler mais

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Closer to the Stars

8 February, Porto
Mais Perto das Estrelas
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Mais perto das Estrelas (Closer to the Stars) is an astronomical observation event in the evenings of every second Thursday each month.

Closer to the Stars

11 January, Porto
Mais Perto das Estrelas
Free entrance
Mais perto das Estrelas (Closer to the Stars) is an astronomical observation event in the evenings of every second Thursday each month.

Closer to the Stars

14 December, Porto
Mais Perto das Estrelas
Free entrance
Mais perto das Estrelas (Closer to the Stars) is an astronomical observation event in the evenings of every second Thursday each month.