"Curiosity" began to drill the surface of Mars

At the first time "Curiosity" tried his drill on the surface of Mars. According to BBC News, the robot has continually struck by a brown rock on the surface of the Gale Crater.

On the rover obtained images show traces of the chisel. Until now, the surface of the Red Planet's drill did not try. 

Light from the dark cloud

ESO shows a dark cloud in which new stars are formed straight, while a collection of bright stars, who have left their dusty nursery already.

While on the left side of the new recording sees a dark, elongated structure resembling a cloud of smoke on the right side, a small group of bright stars lit the scene. At first glance, the two parts of the image not to be contradictory, but in reality they are closely linked. 

Fire in the dark clouds

The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) in Chile offers a beautiful view of clouds of cosmic dust in the group Orion. In observable light, this dense interstellar cloud appears dark and solid. The LABOCA camera on APEX, however, can detect the heat radiation emitted by dust and so do the hideouts of the just emerging star locate. One of these dark clouds is not what it seems.

Dense clouds of cosmic gas and dust in space are the birthplaces of new stars. In visible light, the dust appears dark and opaque so that it hides the stars behind. 

The largest-ever solar boat

American scientist’s Agency NASA makes known plans to launch in 2014, the year of the largest in the history of the solar sail. Sail area of 1.2 thousand square meters. The name of this project served as a famous story by Arthur C. Clarke of 1964 Sun jammier, which refers to the regatta "solar boat". Side length of the sail is almost 38 meters high, and it will produce L" Grade - the company that in the late twentieth century sent experimental" inflatable "antenna on the ISS. 

Make stars are born

Astronomers have calculated that the birth of planets around young stars can occur even at a later stage than previously considered. In the study of the properties of star TW Hydra found strong evidence. This star is at a distance of 176 light-years from Earth, refers to the spectral type K8 and attracts the surrounding gas and dust astronomers drive. A few years ago, close to the TW Hydra was discovered planet, which weighs slightly larger than Jupiter.

Noting the weather patterns of a brown dwarf

Hubble space telescopes and NASA's Spitzer investigated the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf called 2MASSJ22282889-431 026, creating the "climate map" far closer to this kind of cold orbs similar to stars. The forecast shows clouds planet-sized wind-driven involving these strange worlds.

Brown dwarfs are formed from the condensation of gas, as do the stars,but lack the necessary amount of mass to fuse atoms and energy.

Venus, ionosphere swells in its night side like comet

The ESA’s some unique observations of Venus through a period of low solar wind pressure, discovering that the planet's ionosphere swells in its night side, like the tail of a Comet.

The ionosphere is a weekly electrically charged gaseous region far above the main body of the planet's Atmosphere. The form and are partially controlled by the internal magnetic field of the planet.