Whether to build a base on the moon

The researchers presented their plans to build vneplanetnoy laboratory to determine whether it is probable to build a base for people on the moon or Mars.

The scientists from the Open University developed the conception of the tool Lunar Volatile Resources Analysis Package (L-VRAP), which will determine whether the amount of water on the moon and fuel, enough to be useful to build on it in the future scientific bases. The researchers also say that the project can be used to study the prospects of building bases on Mars.

A rare explosion of a star discovered a black hole in our galaxy

Astronomers observe a rare type of X-ray stellar explosion near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, discovered a previously unknown black hole (BH), the engrossing gas flowing to it from the nearby sun-like star.

The find was made ​​in the last month, NASA satellite Swift, who noticed a bright X-ray source is a few degrees away from the galactic center of the Milky Way. 

Astronomers studying the "jet stream" age in two million years

Two million light-years from the center of a distant galaxy trail make bigger, surprisingly suggestive of a jet stream that reserve military fighter jet engine only in this case is a black hole, and the substance of the jet is moving at a speed close to the speed of light.

The new image of the jet which has been studied previously designated as PKS 0637-752, showing alternating light and dark areas on it, similar to the phenomenon in jet fighter jets, called "diamond condensation".