Traces of water and extraterrestrial organic matter were found in a soil sample from the asteroid Itokawa. This was reported by a group of scientists who worked with the samples, they were delivered to the ground by a probe. “Hayabusa”. Experts are confident that the substances found are of extraterrestrial origin. The 35 million ton … Read more
One of the engineers on the launch mission on Mars rover Perseverance, was a native of Petrozavodsk Olga Filimonova. Olga is a philologist by her first education, the portal “Karelia.News” reports. However, then she left for the United States and received a specialty there as an aerospace engineer (an engineer working in the field of … Read more
The dollar on March 2 on Tuesday fell by 50 kopecks, or 0.7%, to 73.7 rubles, the euro – by 74 kopecks, or 0.8%, to 88.6 rubles, dropping below 89, according to the Moscow exchange by 16:30 Moscow time. The ruble has strengthened due to a reduction in the scale of restrictions – no sanctions … Read more
After signing an open letter to new US President Joe Biden, EU Ambassador to Cuba Alberto Navarro was summoned to Brussels for an explanation, the newspaper says Politico. The EU ambassador’s summons came after 16 MEPs sent a letter to the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, urging him to fire Navarro. Discontent was caused … Read more
The price of bitcoin on Thursday by 13:30 Moscow time continues to fall – by 3% to 48.882 thousand dollars, according to trading data. Cryptocurrency within 5 days “exchanged” another round mark of 49 thousand, starting to fall from a historical maximum of 58.352 thousand dollars on Sunday, February 21. Over these days, the popular … Read more
There is practically no spread of the British strain in Russia. Russian epidemiologists are monitoring this very carefully. Moreover, Russia became the first country in the world where a new test system has appeared, which quickly detects the presence of a mutant strain. The accuracy of the analysis is high, which avoids false positive results. … Read more
Astronomers have long been haunted by the mystery of the birth of fast radio bursts – short and bright bursts of radio emission that appear somewhere in space and have an unclear nature. Now scientists have finally figured out their source. It is especially pleasant that Russian experts have made an important contribution to this. … Read more
Air Force supersonic training aircraft crashed in the USA. Two soldiers were killed, the TV channel reports “Russia 24”. The crash occurred near an airport in Alabama, residential buildings were not damaged. The reason has not yet been established, an investigation is underway. The model of this jet is designed for flights in the high … Read more
Joseph Biden two weeks as president, and for presidential plane haven’t flown yet. On Friday he is – for the first time on the ladder on which he runs aboard. Goes to his children and grandchildren for the weekend in his native Delaware. It is just 200 kilometers from Washington. So the flight lasted less … Read more
Slovakia extends emergency mode for forty days due to coronavirus. In the US, the military is called on to help doctors. And in Tunisia, due to the increase in the number of cases, gyms were turned into field hospitals. Now the question of the need to fly to British airports is being asked by police … Read more