Internet users, participants in the Planet Hunters project, opened the first two exoplanets, which will be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , the press service of Yale University. Voluntary "planets hunters", which now include about 40 thousand Internet users, analyze data on shine of 150 thousand stars collected by the Kepler space telescope.

Despite the assurances of the head of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Kudrin that the ruble exchange rate is "adequate" , the national currency continues to behave contrary to the forecasts of the authorities. Exchange also falls: by the middle of the day, the MICEX index decreased by the previous closure by 6.5%, the fall in the RTS exceeded 7%, according to the exchanges given by RIA Novosti . The Russian ruble does not lag behind - it has reached 2009 minimums to the dollar and the euro.

Aeroflot - Russian Airlines promises to deal with the loss of the cat , which followed in the baggage of one of the passengers by the SU720 flight from Vladivostok to Moscow. Recall, on September 18, a cat named Mike submitted to the baggage service of the airport of Vladivostok, paying for the transportation of 2100 rubles.

The Sky Express airline was fined 30 thousand rubles for violating passengers' rights, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday with reference to the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office. In June of this year, Sky Express allowed massive flight delays from the Moscow Airport "Vnukovo". The prosecutor’s audit found that the carrier did not comply with the requirements of the legislation on the reservation of aircraft for the transportation of passengers.

The President of the LUKOIL NK Vagit Alekperov does not predict the growth in fuel prices until the end of this year, the Finmarket reports. "I am sure that our enterprises will be able to withstand the price indicator that now exists. If there is, then it is very insignificant. We do not plan a price increase before the end of the year," Alekperov said during a visit to the Kstovsky oil refinery. Alekperov said that the company is playing for a flexible excise policy of the Russian government.

On September 22, the autobiography of the founder of the Political revelations of Wikileaks Julian Assange was published in the UK. The book is presented to readers, despite the fact that the author left the work on its writing halfway and tried to block the entire project.

“KinoiSuz”, under the chairmanship of Andrei Proshkin, called on Russian filmmakers to discuss the situation around the Russian Oscar Committee as a result of the scandalous nomination of the “Oscar” Citadel to the “Oscar”, according to the appeal published on Wednesday on the association website .

The state of the Russian penitentiary system is “monstrously archaic”, and the medical staff of the Federal Penitentiary Service is not able to cope with a large number of patients of prisoners. This thesis was recognized as the head of the Ministry of Justice, Alexander Konovalov, who was obvious to many human rights activists, speaking on Wednesday at the “government hour” in the State Duma, “Moscow News” write.

In Moscow, a criminal case has been instituted on the fact of falling in the elevator of the elevator of a baby stroller, as a result of which the child was hospitalized with severe bodily harm, Interfax reports with reference to the Main Directorate of the IC of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

The handball players of the Russian national team won the second victory in the world of the World Cup among women's teams, which is held these days in Danish Orchus. In the match of the second round of the group stage, the Sweden team was defeated by them - 28:21. With this success, our team secured a place in the semifinals. Recall that in the starting match, our girls defeated the hostesses of the tournament, the Denmark team, with a score of 31:28.

The head coach of the Moscow Spartak Valery Karpin took the blame for the defeat from the Nizhny Novgorod Volga in the 1/8 finals of the Russian Football Cup . He stated this after the match in which his wards lost in the 5: 6 penalty series, the main and extra time ended in a draw 1: 1. The decisive 11-meter did not implement Vellon. “Speaking of the game, we started well,” the mentor noted. “Unfortunately, the injury of the Georgian midfielder Zhano Ananidze influenced the final result.

Using only fingers and cheap application, Japanese Seikou Yamaoka creates Artistic masterpieces right on the 3.5-inch screen of its iPod Touch. His works are more likely reminiscent of paintings written in oil than digital works, reports The Telegraph . The video with accelerated shooting shows that in order to create a female portrait using the Artstudio application for $ 3, the artist took three and a half hours.

One in ten 10-year-olds in Britain already has an iPhone, according to a study conducted by Westcoastcloud , which found out the accessibility of the Internet and modern technologies for children. Among children attending primary school (5-10 years old), every tenth child has an iPhone. Every 20th person has an iPad. Every tenth person also has an account on a social network - and this despite the fact that the age limit on MySpace and Facebook is 13 years old, notes iGuides .

The three-time champion of the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, the five-time absolute champion of the world in the short track, 25-year-old Korean AN Hyn Su will be able to act in the Russian championship as a Russian citizen in December. This was stated by the President of the Union of Skipets of Russia (TFR) Alexei Kravtsov. "All documents on the provision of AN HEN SU of Russian citizenship have been prepared and are located in the administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

The retransters of foreign channels in Kyrgyzstan from Sunday completely stop their broadcasting in connection with the requirements of the republican election legislation, representatives of media organizations of the republic said on Thursday at a press conference. It is supposed to stop broadcasting all Russian channels, as well as the Air Force, CNN, EURONEWS and others.