Lovers of free space will show the sky with a telescope

On Saturday, October 13, at Kreschaty park at People's Friendship Arch space fans get together around Kiev - from 20:00 under the arch to celebrate the opening day of astronomy will be free to take a look in the telescope.

"We expose telescopes on the street and allowed anyone to look at the space objects - say the organizers of the festival. - We observe Jupiter and all the rest, what will please us Kiev sky! Log, of course, free."

Astronomers have found a planet self-possessed of diamonds

Astronomers said they found in the group of Cancer the planet, which is a treasure trove.

"According to experts, the celestial body, called 55 Chancre, is located at a distance of about 40 light-years from Earth; its diameter is greater than the earth twice, and weight - eight times. But the main sensation is that super-Earths are not covered water or, for example, the granite, and the layers of graphite and diamond, "- says the source.

Successfully launched two new satellites Galileo

The network of Galileo navigation satellites, the European substitute to the American GPS system, will on Friday a key step in its development with the launch of two new devices that will confirm the program for the first time, as reported by the European Space Agency (ESA).

 Until now in orbit two experimental satellites which were launched in October 2011, called Giove-A and Giove-B, but were needed at least two more for the network was able to independently determine the location of an object Earth. It is a matter of geometry. For users, however, will not be available until 2015.