The new moon of Neptune

The next discovery, the fourteenth moon of Neptune already announced "Electronic Telegram No.. 3586" awarded by the International Astronomical Union. 

Neptune already had 13 natural satellites. The largest of them is discovered in 1846 Triton. The smallest moons of Neptune have a diameter of 40-60 km and found them already in the twenty-first century.

"Electronic Telegram No.. 3586", published by the International Astronomical Union, was announced the discovery of the fourteenth moon of Neptune, who received a temporary name S/2004 N 1 The property was discovered in images of the sky obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in 2004-2009. To enhance the signal to noise ratio, the researchers added together multiple images. This was necessary because the new satellite is very weak (its brightness is only 26.5 mag) and small, because its radius is estimated at 8-10 km. 

S/2004 N 1 moves in a nearly circular orbit with a radius of 105 300 km, which puts it between the orbits of two other moons of Neptune: Larissa and Proteus. 

The authors of the findings are: MR Showalter of the SETI Institute, I. de Pater of the University of California at Berkeley, JJ Lissauer of NASA's Ames Research Center and R. S. French with the SETI Institute.

Diamonds falling from the sky

Diamond Rain likely naturally occurs on Jupiter and Saturn. This conclusion came scientists studying the possibility of oceans full of these precious stones. According to the researchers on the surfaces of the two largest planets of the solar system may be as high as 10 million tonnes of diamonds! 

Coal, which are formed on the gas planets diamonds present as a component of the methane. This gas represents only a fraction of a percent of the atmosphere of Jupiter and Saturn, so initially the researchers did not expect that there could create diamonds. However, recent analysis indicates something else entirely.

Astrophysicists have noticed that the electrical discharges that occur on Jupiter and Saturn, may form diamond particles, which then fall towards the nucleus of the planets. The lower they are the greater the effect on not pressure, which makes the particles clump into larger groups, forming a rock. Some of them are so big that you can talk as much as the whole mountain. Most, however, probably has no more than 10 cm in diameter, and scientists have identified the phenomenon of the formation of these particles as a diamond rain.

NASA released the first color image of Saturn, which can be seen its moons, rings, as well as Earth, Venus and Mars. New panoramic mosaic of images from the Cassini spacecraft shows a view that could see the man. Was presented on Tuesday at the Newseum in Washington. 

Photography is a combination of 141 wide-angle photos taken by four hours on 19 July 2013. This includes almost 652,000 km of Saturn's neighborhood until the E ring - the second most outer ring of the gas giant. Carolyn Porco, imaging team leader at the Cassini Space Science Institute, says that "on this one great picture, Cassini has shown us the wonders of the world."

Mosaic was created in the framework of the campaign " Wave Saturn " ( " Wave at Saturn" ) , under which NASA in advance invited people around the world to July 19 looked at the night sky and shared a common greeting photographs of Saturn.

Picture can be seen in ordinary version and signatures . Earth is visible as a blue dot on the bottom right of Saturn. Venus, as the bright spot at the top left of Saturn. At the top left of Venus tiny point appears to Mars . The picture is also included seven moons , including Enceladus , and 809 stars.

Attention glow ring E. Because the ring is thin , it is best visible when illuminated from the opposite direction . Small particles of dust and ice then scatter the light by diffraction. Mosaic contains a large amount of information about the rings and their structure . By analyzing these images for the first time observed the tiny moons Anthe and Methone .

Cassini does not take often attempts to take pictures of the Earth , because from the perspective of the probe our planet is usually so close to the Sun , and photographing it could damage the optics of the ship. Therefore, service Cassini was looking for opportunity when the point of view of Cassini Sun is hidden behind Saturn . Such an opportunity presented itself precisely on July 19 .

The picture is taken at an angle of seventeen degrees to the plane of the rings. Cassini was then at a distance of approximately 1.2 million kilometers from Saturn. Resolution on the surface of Saturn is about 72 km per pixel.

From the point of view of the average human solar system seems quite ordinary - Sun, around which orbits the eight planets, several moons and all that. But in reality, our solar system is more varied and hides a remarkable objects whose existence we do not even suspect. 

The Solar System was formed 5 billion years before, but only due to technological developments are beginning to see its full complexity and diversity. Modern telescopes and dozens of computers allow us to obtain a more complete picture of our solar system and enable you to observe objects and phenomena which have hitherto remained hidden from us.

Observed pulsar with a long record a jet

For images taken in the field of X-ray, radio, optical astronomers saw the pulsar at which extends the "tail" at the distance 37 light years. It is the longest jet observed in X-ray range nearby in the Milky Way - NASA announces. 

Pulsar bears an IGR J1104-6103 and was originally discovered by belonging to the ESA INTEGRAL satellite. Pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star, which is the result of a supernova explosion. The observed object is moving with great speed, away from the center of the nebula, so-called. supernova remnant. At a speed estimated at from about 4 to 8 million km / h is one of the fastest moving in space pulsars.