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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Echo other people's worlds


And if the aliens once did send us a signal? And you just need to wait...

Our newspaper cannot ignore the issues of space exploration, especially in the year of such events as the recent release of the ship "Voyager 1" of the solar system or the successful landing on Mars, the largest in the history of the unit. It is understandable that you send to the interplanetary journey no one can, but it's "participate" in the study of the mysteries of the cosmos is not quite deserted on Radio Astronomy Observatory in central Russia known quickness possible.

Amazing picture of Saturn and its tiny satellite


Great picture of Saturn was recently acquiring satellite NASA Cassini, moving in an orbit around the gas giant.

Dull point in the upper part of the center of the image - which you could easily miss, taking her spot on the monitor - in fact Saturn Mimas. It is only 396 kilometers in diameter and therefore looks a dwarf compared with its giant parent planet. On close inspection, you can see on one side of Mimas giant crater, making it look like the Death Star from the Star Wars movies.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Fermi space telescope updated software


Software Update for Gamma Ray Observatory "Fermi" will allow the telescope to observe now more high-energy photons than was previously potential.

Gamma Ray Observatory "Fermi" registers the most high-energy events in the Universe since 2008; however, astronomers have long disheartening that many photons pass freely through the detector telescope.