In 1919, the astronomer Sir Frank Dyson organized expeditions to observe a total solar eclipse. The results showed that starlight bent around the sun, confirming a prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Einstein became famous overnight.
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📢 Launch of the ECOP Programme Portugal Node!
🎆 We are thrilled to invite the community to the official launch of the national ECOP Programme node in Portugal!
📍 Secure your spot now: https://t.co/TzZhQoJjLF
Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere! 🌸
Today is the spring equinox. Because Earth is tilted on its axis, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive changing amounts of sunlight throughout the year. At the equinox, both hemispheres receive the same amount of sunlight.
🏔️❄️ INSOLITE | Dans les Pyrénées ariégeoises, le givre A FIGÉ la croix du Pic des Trois Seigneurs en une sculpture de glace.
Le sommet culmine à 2 199 MÈTRES D’ALTITUDE.
A sudden increase in Antarctic sea ice has puzzled scientists, challenging existing climate models and prompting further investigation into polar dynamics.
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🌊Introducing our newest national node - ECOP Portugal- led by coordinators Mélinda Martins and Leonor Neves🇵🇹
Whether you're a scientist, communicator, artist, engineer, policymaker, or entrepreneur — there’s a place for you in ocean action!
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#OnThisDay - On May 10, 1916: Shackleton’s crew landed the James Caird on South Georgia after an 800-mile voyage from Antarctica—hailed as one of the greatest boat journeys in history.
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Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!
The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.
Most people think they’re just decorative guards in funny uniforms.
But the truth?
They’re trained killers who’d take a bullet for the Pope—without blinking.
Let me show you what 99% of people miss about the Swiss Guard.
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The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie.
Skłodowska Curie developed the term radioactivity, discovered the chemical elements polonium and radium and contributed to develop new cancer treatments. For her scientific dedication and remarkable breakthroughs, she was awarded the 1903 physics prize and the 1911 chemistry prize.
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