Star cluster for the first time found a pair of black holes

M22 star cluster in our galaxy is located at a distance of 10,000 light-years from Earth. Administer to make a discovery by observing a super-large array radio telescopes located in New Mexico.

U.S. astronomers have detected about two separate black holes in the same star cluster M22, located in the constellation Sagittarius. The paper was published in the journal Nature, a summary of its results ScienceNow.

The International Space projects is foreseen

The new program includes a mixed funding - Rs 1.12 billion from the state budget is 1.46 billion USD - from investors. Most (415 million USD) are going to spend for sensing of the Earth. Another USD 178 million provided for exploration of the solar system and 42 million USD - the use of space in the "interests of national security and defense." In this case, the participation of Ukrainian cosmonauts in the International Space projects is foreseen.

Mars-500, space mission for 500 days

Teams of astronauts may soon start work on the International Space Station is not for 6 months, as before, and for the year, according to the news agency RIA Novosti.

First annual expedition will be experimental and will not until 2015 to carry out a test mission will select two players - one a Russian cosmonaut and a NASA astronaut. If all goes well, than will be considering a one-year term for expeditions to the ISS on a regular basis.