Universe Archive

House of mysterious black holes

Posted on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
Scientists working with the telescope, VISTA, discovered two new globular clusters in the Milky Way. Objects that have received designation VVV CL001 and VVV CL002, were found in the large-scale program to search for such clusters. Total to date in our galaxy known (excluding open) 158 globular clusters. In addition, scientists were able to detect so-called open cluster (clusters of this type include, for example, the Pleiades and the Hyades) VVV CL003 - cluster of stars that are between ...
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In black holes live in "Brothers in Mind!"

Posted on October 11, 2011 | No Comments
Inside the black holes may exist forms of life, including in the form of highly developed civilizations, which for various reasons do not want to disclose their location to the "brothers of the mind," says Officer of the Moscow Institute of Nuclear Research, Vyacheslav Dokuchaev. According to popular belief, black holes suck in everything that is around them, including light - and then everything disappears. However, Dokuchaev confident that within them there are areas where the photons are able to survive ...
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The project is to study dark energy in the universe

Posted on October 7, 2011 | No Comments
The European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with NASA is preparing to launch a unique spacecraft Solar Orbiter, which will be released into orbit around the Sun at a record close distance from the sun - only 42 million miles. The project was officially approved by ESA Member States on Tuesday. Start the unit is scheduled for 2017. The entire project will cost nearly a billion euros (more than 1.3 billion dollars). NASA will provide to run their booster, as well as take part in the construction of ...
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Light at the end of the black hole

Published on September 6, 2010 | No Comments
At first glance we may seem a is a light at the end of the tunnel, but this snimak space telescope "Hubble" NASA / ESA. In fact, this helix (black hole), as is known, was formed from two active galaxies, galaxy type, which probably gets most of the energy from the black hole, rasspolozhennaya in the heart of a magnetic field NGC 7742. The core of NGC 7742 is a "large egg yolk" in the center of the image. Spiral form, thick ring around the core ...
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