Europe has launched the first services of its navigation system through satellite, Galileo, on the occasion of an official ceremony in Brussels, reports the AFP. 'It is a major achievement for Europe (...) No European country would be able to do this by itself', said the European commissioner for industry, Elzbieta Bienkowska. 'It is the result of a common effort for the … [Read more...]
John Glenn, the former astronaut and senator, dies at 95
The former American astronaut and senator John Glenn, the first American who made an orbital flight around the Earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95 years, announced the governor of Ohio, John Kasich, quoted by the international press agencies. Glenn was hospitalized, announced on Wednesday a spokesman for the Ohio State University, the institution which gave the astronaut's … [Read more...]
First Solar Plane to conquer the Stratosphere is revealed by Switzerland
A Swiss pilot revealed a solar plane with, which is intend to make the first human solar flight into the stratosphere, reports the AFP. 'Our goal is to demonstrate that current technology offers us the possibility to achieve above and beyond what fossil fuels offer,' stated Raphael Domjan, 44 years, who did, in 2012, the first tour of the world on the board of a solar boat. … [Read more...]
Record sales for guns on Black Friday, according to the FBI Director
The Federal Bureau of Investigation calculated that the sale of weapons in the United States of America reached a new record on the day of discounts known under the name of Black Friday, the number of checks for a criminal record, processed by the Federal Agency, increasing by 0.2%, transmits the EFE. A spokesman for the FBI, Stephen Fischer, indicated for the EFE Agency that … [Read more...]
Over one billion stars were localized in the Milky Way
We use to say that is impossible to count the stars on the sky. Still, a map of the Milky Way that has an unprecedented precision and that localized 1.142 million of stars starting from the observations of the European Telescope Gaia, was presented by the ESA (The European Space Agency). Anthony Brown, member of the Gaia researching team, stated in a press conference in Madrid … [Read more...]