Astronomers working with the 2.2-meter telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), published a snapshot of the nebula IC 2944 (due to the specific shape of the central and most striking part of it is called Nebula Running chicken) in the constellation Centaurus. Photos and descriptions ...

Glaciologists accused HarperCollins, the publisher of one of the most authoritative atlases of the world The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, a serious error. It is reported by Nature News. According to the temporal representations of the Earth is changing the landscape every few years ...

The winners of the second wave of so-called competition megagrantov were 39 researchers from different disciplines. It is stated in a press release on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science. There you can see a full list of winners. A total of 507 ...

NASA decided on the date falling satellite UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite - satellite for studying the upper atmosphere). It is planned that the unit will enter the atmosphere on Friday, September 23. Information about what the machine will fall on this day appeared a long ...

Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko denied rumors about the development of analog exam for university graduates, which will replace the current state exams. On it informs RIA Novosti. Information on the introduction of such a publication has appeared on Wednesday in the media. That same ...

Military satellite "Kosmos-2473 " was successfully launched into orbit. On it informs RIA Novosti news agency referring to the representative of the Ministry of Defense for Space Alexei Zolotukhin troops. "Was launched on Wednesday, September 21, at 2:47 Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome ...

The patterns on their fingertips to help define the shape of touch with objects. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers modeled the patterns on the robotic sensor. The work of researchers have not yet been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, but its preprint ...

Astronomers removed from the asteroid Baptistina guilty in death of the dinosaurs. Article scientists will appear in The Astrophysical Journal, and its summary is provided in a press release on the site's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. According to the most common theory of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction 65 ...

NASA will spend at least $ 1.6 billion in private space exploration in the near future. It is stated in a press release on the agency website. The funds will be spent in the period from July 2012 to April 2014. Recipients will be four private ...