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O Showmetech TRIO is a compilation of the most interesting news of the week. Today we will talk about a ultra luminous object which is intriguing the entire scientific community; we highlight the construction of a Game Height made completely in pieces of LEGO; and we will also show a helicopter state-of-the-art built by NASA for missions to Mars. This is Showmetech TRIO, your weekly news trio.

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Mysterious object in space is a threat to planets

A mysterious object that seems to ignore the laws of physics and can still pose a threat to nearby planets, was detected in space and began to intrigue professionals in the field. Objects that shine at least 10 million times brighter than the Sun are identified by scientists as a source ultra luminous x-ray, also known by its abbreviation ULX.

The "Eddington limit”, a law of physics which states that when you exceed the limit of energy that a body can release, when compared to its size, it is expected that this body explodes. But as NASA explains, URLs can exceed this limit by about 100 to 500 times without them exploding.

However, a URL identified as M82X-2 ended up catching the attention of scientists. Notes made on the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, a NASA sector, pointed out that it really is very bright and still captures high X-ray emissions.

At another time, it was thought that these lights emitted by bizarre objects were an optical illusion and scientists ended up believing that they could be black holes. But now with this research that talks about the M82 X-2, we see that Eddington's limit was broken and it is, in fact, a neutron star, which is the dense and highly compact remnant of a star that exploded in a supernova. 

It is one of the most extreme forms of matter the universe has ever seen. Due to their extreme density, neutron stars have very strong gravitational fields, becoming a possible threat to nearby bodies, such as planets. As a curiosity, the equivalent of a teaspoon of material from a neutron star would weigh about a billion tons on Earth!

Game Boy made from LEGO

parts in LEGO usually get a lot of people's attention. You don't even have to be a style lover. Just by looking at certain constructions, you can tell that there was some effort to display something surprising, and that's exactly what Nick Lever he did. The boy who is a finalist of Lego Masters Australia built a replica so similar to the original video game that he even had a petition to have a LEGO from Game Boy official.

This replica was built with 364 pieces, with 115 of them being unique pieces, while the rest are more common pieces. Almost every recognizable Game Boy feature is represented, from the Start and Select buttons in that old-fashioned grain-of-rice shape, to even that particular screen tint. Nick placed lime green tiles on the screen to be as faithful as possible.

And even if it is very faithful to the mobile console that so much made the joy of many young people, some things like the removable battery and the front speaker are not included in this replica. Perhaps thinking of compensating the most nostalgic fans, the person responsible for the item found a more assertive way to deliver the LEGO Game Boy: the A and B buttons are pieces in the shape of the Mario's hat.

A search for Bricklink, website specializing in sales of Lego parts, it is possible to find all the parts used in the construction of the Game Boy for around 42 dollars, something close to 207 reais. Even when accessing another site dedicated to this topic, the Rebrickable, it is possible to buy Nick's manual for building this same Game Boy, which is on sale for almost 6 dollars, something around 30 reais.

Nick Lever's next assignment is to make a Lego replica of the Game Boy salvaged from the Gulf War, currently on display at the Nintendo Store in New York. It is possible to see a Game Boy in LEGO, since there is already a LEGO version of the nintendo. 

NASA's New Helicopter

The helicopter Ingenuity Mars, made to help with NASA missions on Mars, is being used as inspiration for the construction of a new helicopter model, which will arrive with several technological innovations after the result of 50 flights made by Ingenuity Mars itself.

In this case we are talking about the mission Mars sample return, whose aim is to collect samples of Martian soil and bring them back to Earth for analysis. NASA is developing two helicopters with acronyms that are easily confused, the Mars Helicopter Scout, known as MHSAnd Mars Science Helicopter, known as MSH, which will work together with the Perseverance rover to explore the Martian surface and select sites for sample collection.

The MHS is a smaller, simpler helicopter, with a mass of around 1,8 kg, which will be used to map areas of interest and identify sample collection sites for the rover. already the MSH it is a larger helicopter, with a mass of around 30 kg, that will carry advanced scientific equipment and help identify the best samples to collect.

The two helicopters, still in the conceptual stage, will be equipped with artificial intelligence technology to help them make autonomous decisions in real time, while working in conjunction with the Perseverance. The helicopters are expected to be able to cover much greater distances than the rover, allowing for broader and more efficient exploration of the surface of Mars.

Håvard Fjær Grip, chief engineer for autonomy and air flight at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, says, “Ingenuity has been tremendously helpful, imaging the surface in the same region. The important thing is that we now have a new mobility system that is ready and proven on Mars… the question now is, how to use it? It's as far as your imagination goes."

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