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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Oceanologists have found out “aliens” at the bottom of Atlantic
Awesome appearance of these animals reminds a monster from classical American horror film “Aliens”, but these creatures have been found out in distant nook of Atlantic.
The fish, which received name Chauliodus sloani, has been discovered together with a new species of shrimps by the British […]

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Group of astronomers, having analyzed the data from SMART-1 and Clementine sondes could find out much about the geological and volcanic past of the Moon, informs European Space Agency (ESA).
Experts informed that, for example, the pool known under the name the Sea of humidity, most likely, was formed due to blow of a heavenly body […]

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Astronomers have found out in space the huge free space which is not containing neither usual, nor a dark matter. In the sizes “hole” considerably surpasses all similar “objects” opened earlier, informs the National radio-astronomical observatory.
In space which extends up to ten billions trillions kilometers, there are neither galaxies, nor stars, or “black holes”, or […]

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Professor Joop Houtkoper from Hessen university have studied the data from space probe Viking and came to a conclusion, that Mars can be inhabited with microbes, whose cells are filled with a mix of water and hydrogen peroxide, informs Drudge Report.
Some scientists are skeptical concerning these conclusions, marks Space.com. Besides Houtkoper’s work is not published […]

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The Israeli and American researchers have found a way of long-term memory erasing, without damaging intellectual faculties at the same time. To tell the truth, for the present time scientists erase memory of rats only.
Researches in the field of memory study have led scientists to development of a preparation which in the future can be […]

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Roskosmos’ (Russian space) press-service informs that at the end of this August they will conduct public hearings on estimation materials concerning the influence of space systems and complexes, which operation is supposed on Baikonur, on the environment.
Experts who are engaged in studying of various factors of influence of space technical equipment on the environment, […]

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The office of naval researches (USA) has started the development of new type of the weapon which bases on use of reactive materials - metals, safe separately, but blowing up when mixed.
Developers inform that reactive materials are, as a rule, the metals transformed into a powder, such, as aluminium and the titan. And, for example, […]

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NASA experts, using the data received by telescope Spitser have discovered the process of planets formation in system HD98800 and for the first time four stars participate at once.
Such unusual process considerably surpasses a history of Solar System in which only one star influenced on a protoplanetary gas-dust disk.
NASA experts inform that HD98800 system is […]

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Cost of the travel onboard the Russian spaceship “Soyuz” to International Space Station (ISS) will increase from the current $25 millions up to $40 millions in 2009. Such information was announced by Eric Anderson, the president of Space Adventures.
He has also added, that the main reason of a price rise for the space tourism is […]

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