Astronomers have found a planet self-possessed of diamonds

Astronomers said they found in the group of Cancer the planet, which is a treasure trove.

"According to experts, the celestial body, called 55 Chancre, is located at a distance of about 40 light-years from Earth; its diameter is greater than the earth twice, and weight - eight times. But the main sensation is that super-Earths are not covered water or, for example, the granite, and the layers of graphite and diamond, "- says the source.

Successfully launched two new satellites Galileo

The network of Galileo navigation satellites, the European substitute to the American GPS system, will on Friday a key step in its development with the launch of two new devices that will confirm the program for the first time, as reported by the European Space Agency (ESA).

 Until now in orbit two experimental satellites which were launched in October 2011, called Giove-A and Giove-B, but were needed at least two more for the network was able to independently determine the location of an object Earth. It is a matter of geometry. For users, however, will not be available until 2015.

Water to fill 2,000 times the Earth's oceans in a future star

The Herschel space telescope of the European Space Agency (ESA) has discovered water steam to fill 2,000 times the Earth's oceans in a cloud of gas and dust is foundation to collapse to form a new star the size of our Sun.

Stars from within molecular clouds cold, the 'pre-stellar cores', containing all the necessary ingredients to create planetary systems like ours. Water had been discovered outside our solar system, near regions where new stars are forming and protoplanetary disks. These were water molecules in vapor form or in solid form, together with the dust particles.

Central nebulae in the Milky Way

The research instrument worlds most powerful recorded this fabulous view of the sky in one shot. The scene, looking near Sagittarius, covers an area of ​​approximately 3 degrees of curve or six times the diameter of the lunar disk.

The Lagoon Nebula (M8), Trifid Nebula (M20) and NGC 6559 (pictured at right) are, respectively, in the bottom of the scene, top right and bottom left. All of them are embedded in dusty fields and filled with stars of the Milky Way center.

Found a rock on Mars with terrestrial features

CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - When scientists selected a stone to test the laser robot on Mars Curiosity, expected to enclose the same raw materials as the stones found in other areas of the Red Planet, but in its place realized that it was more similar to rocks found on Earth.

The stone was chemically more like an unusual rock type found on oceanic islands like Hawaii and Santa Elena, and in continental areas with cracks as the Rio Grande, which stretches from Colorado to Chihuahua, Mexico.

The first landing on Titan was movidito

On January 14, 2005 was a historic day. The European probe Huygens became the first human relic to land on one of the world’s most charming solar system: Titan. Seven years after the ESA scientists have renovate the sequence of impact with the surface using computer models and simulations with real models, finding that it was a bit rougher than expected.

Fusion engine antimatter

Space News is becoming hotter: NASA is going to use antimatter in space ships of the future.

Fusion reactions begin by antimatter particle beams may start to drive the ultra-high spacecraft sent on a long journey, by the middle of this century, the researchers said.

Ships from the fusion engine can reach Jupiter in 4 months, thus opening the way to the outer solar system, the human expeditions, according to a report by NASA in 2010