Curiosity SAM tool examines first piece of solid ground

Pinch of fine sand and dust was the first solid Martian samples placed in the biggest tool of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity: Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM.

Inside the rover, SAM determine the chemical composition of samples placed inside it, special attention is paid to the search for fragments, which could indicate the former presence of the world traces of organic life. Curiosity robotic arm delivered to the inlet of the tool SAM, located on the deck of the rover, a sample of Martian soil on 9 November. 

In the galaxy NGC 1365 emerge bright blue supernova

Very bright supernova lit galaxy NGC 1365, also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, visible to observers from the Southern Hemisphere. This elegant galaxy lies at a distance of approximately 56 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. SNe Ia, in question, was opened by Alain Klotz with the telescope of TAROT La Silla Observatory, Chile, October 27, 2012

Supernova 2012fr a vivid, deep blue star, located directly under the center of the galaxy. The author of this picture, Rolf Olsen Bullock, said November 10, 2012, this supernova was close to its maximum brightness, reaching a magnitude in the color bar R, equal to 11.90.

Garbage of detonate Russian missile threat space satellites and ISS

On the way from the International Space Station and other space vehicles that move at a relatively short distance from the Earth, a new threat - a cloud of more than 500 pieces, formed by the explosion of the Russian upper stage.

The explosion in orbit rocket engine "Breeze-M" was the third explosion engine for our country, starting in 2007; engines were left in elliptical orbits that intersect the ISS and some satellites.