Since the dawn of time
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On the fourth and last talk of the series “Aqui, no Universo”, Fábio Silva, of Bournemouth University, and Luís Tirapicos, of Ciências Ulisboa, will present archaeoastronomy, the science that studies the many meanings it had, across the ages, the expression “to understand the Universe and our place in it”.






Gliese 12 b exoplanet, which discovery was announced on May 2024, is 40 light-years away and might have the size of Earth ot slightly smaller, in which case would be equivalent to Venus. In this artistic concept on the right are presented possible interpretations of the planet, without and with atmosphere, which could be thick and dense as Venus’. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)[/caption]

Artistic impression of a star seen through the atmosphere of a planet orbiting it.