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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The problem for the constantly evolving A380 wings almost solved


Engineers have almost finished work to eliminate problems in the first aircraft Airbus A380, subjected constantly evolving on the issue of the strength of wing ribs. Approximately half of the 100 Airbus A380 aircraft currently operated with a time limit for the maximum number of cycles set by the European aviation sertifikantom specific center section.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Gas giants may face one time a year, say researchers


The researchers studied the features of the collision of giant planets with each other and found that such collisions may occur in our galaxy often.

A team of scientists from the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences headed by VI Dokuchaev conducted a study of indications accompanying the collision of giant planets. The researchers found that the number of collisions in our Milky Way galaxy is 0.01 to one collision per year.

Astronomers have discovered a new group of Trojan asteroids of Mars


Astronomers from the Arman Observatory, United Kingdom, led by Apostolos A. Christou reported finding a new family of Trojan asteroids of Mars.

The orbital evolution of the detected lasted about 100 million years, scientists say, and the orbits of the asteroids orbit recall now the largest of the known Trojan asteroids of Mars Eureka 5261. This group forms a cluster within a region of space, which is usually the most stable are the Trojan asteroids.