Category Archives: Astronomia

Livros que Li em 2006

Li dezesseis livros este ano, quatro abaixo do número mínimo que me proponho a cada volta que a Terra dá ao redor do Sol. O melhor de todos considero ser Misto Quente, do Charles Bukowski, seguido de A Busca, Twisty … Continue reading

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Marcos Pontes em Curitiba

Eu vou!!!

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The Universe – The Simpsons Way

The Universe is an infinite circle, always coming back to the point it started:

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Star Zeta Herculis Was Enveloped by My Light Cone

Zeta Herculis is 35.2 light years away and was just enveloped by the outer surface of my light cone – my ever-growing sphere of potential causality – which began its expansion from Earth on April 21 1971.

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Meteorite Colision and the Nothingness of Man

The video below is a good companion to my last post about the nothingness of man. It’s a japanese video showing what would happen if a giant meteorite hit the Earth.

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Celestia Movie About the Nothingness of Man

This is a Celestia movie I made to a speech I gave in a University in Sao Paulo. The speech was about the Web 2.0 trend. In the end I’d like to show the audience that regardless all the technological … Continue reading

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Star HR9038 Has Just Passed My Light Cone

HR9038 is 35.2 light years away and was just enveloped by the outer surface of my light cone – my ever-growing sphere of potential causality – which began its expansion from Earth on April 21 1971. This light cone idea, … Continue reading

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Distâncias no Universo

Você sabe quão grande é o universo? Então vamos lá… A velocidade da luz é de 300.000km/s. A lua está a +- 300.000km de distância da Terra, então a distância dela é de 1 segundo luz. Você acha que a … Continue reading

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Contato

Semana passsada acabei de ler o livro Contato. Já havia visto o filme quando passou no cinema mas sempre quis lê-lo. Acabei comprando-o num sebo a algumas semanas atrás. Realmente o livro é muito bom. Vale a pena, mesmo para … Continue reading

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Life on Mars?

Space.com: WASHINGTON — A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by … Continue reading

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