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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Terrestrial climate models are good and on Mars

The international research team led by William Hartmann of the Planetary Science Institute (USA), found that an extraordinary concentration of glacial formations on Mars concur with the predictions of computer models of the global climate of the Earth.

Terrestrial climate models are good and Mars Dmitri Tselikov Methods of scientific simulations that predict climate change on Earth, have proved their worth on Mars.

Pictures of Jupiter show extraordinary change the appearance of the planet


On Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, the last few years there have been significant changes, according to a new study.

Huge zone in the atmosphere changed color, sources of radiation on the surface of the gas giant goes out and re-lit, and the layers of the clouds became thicker then dissolved, and all this against a background of crashing into the planet of space objects, astronomers say.

Supernova create radioactive titanium



The most powerful planetary explosions in the universe can throw into the environment of radioactive titanium much more than previously thought: almost 100 times the mass of Earth, according to a new study.

These new findings promise to shed light on the mysterious inner processes in supernovae, and how are the elements that make up everything in our universe from planets to people.

The most powerful stellar explosions called supernovae in the universe, and during the explosions in stars processes run fusion, resulting in the formation of heavy elements.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Scientists have found closest to Earth exoplanet


Twin of Earth lived in the neighborhood - a distance of four light-years:

Astronomers have discovered the nearest star system Alpha Centauri Earth exoplanet sufficient. Description of findings published in the journal Nature, a summary of its results in Nature News.

Russia to land on the moon in 2015


Mission to the moon, Russia proposes to send to 2015.

"2015 marked the first in the plans as the year when we need to sit down on the moon," - said General Director of Lavochkin Victor Hart. However, on Earth's satellite will be sent an automatic machine. The mission, according to Hartova designed to prove the "first of all, to ourselves, that we can get on other celestial bodies."

The rover found on the "red planet" polyethylene


The rover Curiosity, the second month of exploring the red planet, once again puzzled NASA specialists, sending a new batch of photos of Martian landscape.

One of the photos of the territory under the usual Martian rover sand scientists discovered a strange object. Zoom in; NASA officials saw what looked like a piece of plastic bag. 

An asteroid the size of a 9-storey building flew past Earth


Between the Earth and the Moon flying asteroid the size of a 9-storey house - why are we not told about this in advance? This appears to be a reasonable question occurs from the hype that has been raised recently in the media.