The GTC provides new data from the Sigma Orionis cluster

The GTC observations have discovered earlier unknown characteristics of stars and brown dwarfs in the Sigma Orionis star cluster. The data are of high quality although some records were taken in non-optimal weather conditions.

 Members of the collaboration Consolider-Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) have failed to confirm data regarding the characteristics of ten low-mass stars and brown dwarfs through observations made with the OSIRIS instrument of GTC.

Panspermia: Origin of life on Earth?

The probability of Panspermia

Microorganisms that crashed on Earth surrounded in distant body parts could have represent the seeds of life according to research by Princeton University, the University of Arizona and the Center for Astrobiology (CAB) of Spain.

The consequences of a solar flare earth will feel tomorrow

Circumsolar space before the unit SOHO recorded a powerful solar emissions, which arise on the surface of the Sun. As reported by the NASA, solar flash was directed toward Earth, but a cloud of release came out very wide, and the concentration of the radioactive material in it is not too high.

In the solar system has been thrown out several billion tons of solar particles that reach the planet in about Monday. Theoretically, this can affect the performance of communication systems, satellites and electronic equipment. The first electromagnetic disturbances in the atmosphere of our planet can be tomorrow morning.

Powerful magnetic storm on Earth continues to grow

Today, 30 September, in the afternoon on the Earth strike a powerful magnetic storm, which not only affects the health of people but also can spoil communications systems, satellites and electronic equipment?

Recall that a space apparatus circumsolar SOHO recorded powerful solar emissions, which occurred on the surface of the Sun.

Earth is younger than the other planets, so it's a life

Abdulmyanov Tagir Raisovich, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences DEs (Kazan Power University), September 27, 2012 at the next European planetologicheskom Congress in Madrid, Spain, presented the results of their research in the field of shock waves, which, as expected, in the early solar system generated the young Sun.

Ancient Buddhist statues were made ​​of meteorite

Ancient Buddhist statue, which was first opened in 1938, the Nazi mission to the year, we study a group of scientists led by Dr. Elmar Buchner from "Planetologicheskogo Institute (Institute of Planetology) and "University of Stuttgart (Universitat Stuttgart), informs.

Probably 1000th sculpture, known as "Iron Man (Iron Man), the weight of which 10 kilograms, depicts the Buddhist God "Vayshravana ​​(Vaisravana) and scientists believe the statue dates back from the pre-Buddhist Bon religion of the 11th century. Geochemical analyzes of the German-Austrian research team showed that the priceless statue was carved out of ataxites- a very rare class of iron meteorites.

NASA prepared to tackle asteroid

You say that again smacks of Hollywood, but American scientists continue to practice in an attempt to find ways of fighting such space objects like asteroids. One of the latest developments in this direction was the project hypersonic interceptor for asteroids (HAIV). This project was born in the depths of the institution as a research center of reflection asteroids (in the U.S. there is such), working at the University of Iowa. The program itself is implemented as part of a large research program of NASA.