There are more than 20 thousand elements of waste products in a space orbit, declared on October, 22 Vladimir Priklonsky, the deputy representative of Roskosmos in the International coordinating board on space waste.
“These are only accounted elements of waste products, not including invisible from the Earth fractions”, - told Priklonsky, adding that, in his opinion, […]

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As writes state information site Chzungovan, China is going to launch first own artificial satellite on Moon Chan-Ye-1in the period from October, 22 till October, 25.
Launch of the satellite will carry out rocket-carrier Chanchzhen - 3Ð? from a platform number 2, or from a platform number 3 at Sichan cosmodrome.
It became known also about […]

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In 500 kilometers to the north from San Francisco, (California) started to work an unusual radiotelescope.
Its task - search of alien civilizations.
Telescope Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is named in honor of one of the Microsoft’s founders Paul Allen who has allocated 25 million dollars for creation of this tool. Now ATA consists of 42 aerials […]

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Solar physicists from NASA have revealed the huge stain on the Sun fixed by satellite Hinode in December, 2006 and registered as number 10926. On closer examination the stain appeared trilobite.
Experts have paid attention to a stain of the Sun because it was big and reminded very much the Earth. Studying geomagnetic records - pictures […]

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NASA astronomers using the last scientific data, have made the new catalogue of 14 various types of planets on which theoretically life is possible. Planets in the catalogue differ on weight, diameter, chemical structure and their location in our galaxy.
In department informed, that the catalogue consists of all known types of planets, which are known […]

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Owing to the photos received with the help of infra-red cameras of Mars Odyssey spacecraft, scientists have managed to distinguish entrances in mysterious Martian caves from a surrounding surface of the planet.
It appeared that temperatures inside caves are more constant, than on a surface due to what in photos in the noon caves seem a […]

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The employee of the Peruvian institute of nuclear energy Renan Ramirez informed that the commission of experts, having studied the crater of meteorite, has found instead of a radiation only compounds of sulfur and arsenic.
Experts mark that absence of radiation in the area of falling of a prospective meteorite excludes the earlier hypothesis about the […]

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British company Astrium has created the project of the device, capable to analyze the trajectory of an asteroid 2004 MN4, known as Apofis, and to estimate risk of its collision with the Earth in 2029 and 2036.
On April, 13, 2029 this asteroid will pass in approximately 40 thousand kilometers from the Earth, closer, than artificial […]

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The group of astronomers from the Canadian university of Calgary assumes that discovered in September, 2006 the brightest supernew 2006gy can be quarko-star.
Supernew 2006gy is removed from the Earth on 238 million light years. Experts inform, that this one is the brightest supernew of ever found stars - energy of its radiation surpasses an average […]

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The new theory of origin of life in depths of comets was put forward by astrobiologist Chandra Vikramasingh and her colleagues from University of Cardiff. They have supported their theory with results received during flights of space vehicles to comets in 2004-2005.
Researchers assert that radioactive elements in comets can support water in them in a […]

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