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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

In the center of the vortex of Saturn's North Pole


What's going on at the north pole of Saturn? As a vortex of the cloud strange and complex.

Last week, the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn photographed the center of this whirlwind with unprecedented detail.

These clouds are located in the center of the unusual hexagonal cloud system that surrounds Saturn's North Pole.

Monday, December 3, 2012

NASA confirms that there is organic material on Mars


NASA has confirmed that there is organic material on Mars and has indicated that it "misinterpreted" the words of the mission's principal investigator Curiosity, John Grotzinger, who last week claimed that the U.S. space agency had an announcement "that would change the books of history.” Grotzinger himself has said that the media "misunderstood" his words.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Liquefy glaciers has accelerated threefold


Approximate fifty leading experts on climate science in the world have studied the thaw out of polar ice, which is the main reason for the increase in water level in the oceans. Space satellites have helped researchers identify how decline in volume of glaciers in the Arctic, Greenland and Antarctica. It turned out that the glaciers are melting three times faster than a couple of decades ago.

Galactic hobbits


What do we know about galaxies, Hobbits, and why they have such a peculiar name?

The name "hobbit galaxies" ("hobbit galaxy") - this is quite a new term used to describe galaxies that are smaller and dimmer than the dwarf galaxies. By the number of stars that inhabit such galaxies (hundreds of thousands of stars), these objects occupy an intermediate position between dwarf galaxies and star clusters.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

In Mercury's polar craters found vast reserves of water


The American space survey Messenger has confirmed the existence of water ice in deep craters at the north pole of Mercury.

"It must be the last thing you might expect from the nearest planet to the sun - is water ice. But due to the low inclination of Mercury craters near the poles are in the shade all year, and there is extremely cold, "- explained Matthew Sigler's Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA.

Japanese astronaut to the ISS will be accompanied by a robot android


KIBO will not weigh more than one kilogram, and its height was 34 centimeters. Planned to make two copies of the unit, one of them will go to the Japanese ISS module, and the other will remain on earth and will help Waikato talk to a manager.

Engineers of the University of Tokyo with Japanese advertising companies are going to send in summer 2013 on the ISS robotic android "KIBO" (Hope). He will be accompanied by Japanese astronaut Koichi Waikato and help him to communicate with Earth.

Curiosity has not found life on Mars


NASA experts have proved false the assumption that the research unit Curiosity found traces of life on Mars.

"Installed on the rover's instruments have not yet found any traces of organic compounds on Mars "- said in a statement, NASA.