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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Pictures of Jupiter show extraordinary change the appearance of the planet


On Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, the last few years there have been significant changes, according to a new study.

Huge zone in the atmosphere changed color, sources of radiation on the surface of the gas giant goes out and re-lit, and the layers of the clouds became thicker then dissolved, and all this against a background of crashing into the planet of space objects, astronomers say.

Supernova create radioactive titanium



The most powerful planetary explosions in the universe can throw into the environment of radioactive titanium much more than previously thought: almost 100 times the mass of Earth, according to a new study.

These new findings promise to shed light on the mysterious inner processes in supernovae, and how are the elements that make up everything in our universe from planets to people.

The most powerful stellar explosions called supernovae in the universe, and during the explosions in stars processes run fusion, resulting in the formation of heavy elements.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Scientists have found closest to Earth exoplanet


Twin of Earth lived in the neighborhood - a distance of four light-years:

Astronomers have discovered the nearest star system Alpha Centauri Earth exoplanet sufficient. Description of findings published in the journal Nature, a summary of its results in Nature News.