The planet outside the Solar system, GJ 436 b, consist mainly of hot ice. Such opening was made by the Belgian astronomer Michael Zieon from Liege University, informed local mass-media.
GJ 436 b in size as the Neptune was found out by the American astronomers in 2004, however then they did not manage to conduct research […]

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Scientists from Germany and Switzerland presented the new theory of Martian dunes formation, which origin was a riddle for a long time.
The riddle for scientists was in that, that externally Martian dunes look as terrestrial ones which are formed as a result of influence of a wind, however the atmosphere of the fourth planet is […]

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The orbital satellite COROT launched at the end of 2006, has found the first planet which has received the name COROT-Exo-1b. It is informed, that the accuracy of devices is so high, that they even managed to fix some seismic activity inside a parental star of this planet.
Scientists managed to find a new planet with […]

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The American researchers informed that they have obtained the data by means of a new Mars scanning method. It has shown that the surface of the planet can half consist of ice.
The new method of water search, applied by the American scientists, gives more exact results, than the earlier one. With the help of this […]

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Astrobiologist David Grinspun from the Denver Nature and science museum considers that Venus and Mars in the past have been subjects to the climatic disasters.
David Grinspun has assumed that the climate on Venus and Mars was similar to that on the Earth, but then changed.
The reason of climate change on the Venus was a greenhouse […]

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The statement of the antique philosopher and mathematics Pythagor that the universe is filled with the “music of spheres”, has found confirmation in the modern science.
Professor Robert fon Phai-Shibenberg has declared at session of the British Royal Astronomical Society that protuberance emissions from a surface of the Sun are accompanied by organ sounds. Thus pipes […]

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Astronomers have discovered a planet outside the Solar system, most of others resembling the Earth.
2 unknown earlier exoplanets have been noticed in an orbit of dwarf star Gliese 581, on the distance of 20,5 light years from Libra constellation. New planet was conventionally named 581Ñ?.
This opening was made by a group of the European astronomers […]

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Researches of the scientists from Cornell University submitted at the Space Meteorologists Forum in Washington, proved scientific connection between solar flares and GPS navigation system failures.
In December, 2006 two flares have been registered on a surface of the Sun. According to the researchers, these flashes were the most powerful for last years. Radio-waves intensity almost […]

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Space Adventures Company, engaged in sending of tourists to ISS, received 12 applications for flights. Vice-president of the company Kris Faranetta has told Saturday, “there is a good line; at least, 12 persons”. He has noted also that in the list of potential space tourists are “people of different degree of interest and training for […]

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At 10 o’clock Greenwich Time first commercial space rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with the Italian scientific satellite onboard was successfully launched from cosmodrome Shriharikota in India.
The Indian organization of space researches has received 11 million dollars for the start of a rocket with Italian space vehicle Agile in weight of 352 kg which […]

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