In the small Magellanic cloud, the galaxy-satellite of the Milky Way, the astronomers found , perhaps, the brightest flash of the new star. The new in astronomy is called stars whose luminosity suddenly increases by thousands or even millions of times. Such stars are close double systems consisting of a white dwarf and the star of the main sequence (similar to the sun). Their orbital period is only a few hours.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution in which it expressed concern in connection with the adoption of a new law on education in Ukraine. This was reported on the organization’s website. PACE noted that the law infringes the rights of national minorities to study the native language, instead of encouraging its study. At the same time, PACE indicated that Ukrainian minorities in neighboring countries are not able to get education in their native language.

Astronomers opened a system of rings surrounding Haumaa - a dwarf planet, the orbit of which lies outside the orbit of Neptune. This is the first case that the rings are found in a transneptunal object. The planet Haumaa is about the size of about the island of Greenland. It makes a turn around the Sun in 281.83 years, and spends only 3.9 hours on the turn around its axis - record quickly even for such a small celestial body.

Pavel Salin Carles Puchdemon, President of the Catalonia Zheeneralitat Catalonia President Carles Puchdemon signed the so -called declaration of representatives of Catalonia, which says that Catalonia is becoming an “independent republic”. However, the media notes: the legal status of this document is unclear, and when exactly he will enter into force is unknown.

TV presenter Andrei Malakhov told Starhit magazine, the editor -in -chief of which is that he founded his own television company called “TV Hit”. In the authorized capital, Malakhov has 50%, the producer and media manager Alexander Mitroshenkov have the same share. His companies are engaged in the production of projects for federal channels. The most famous are “60 minutes”, “While all at home” and “Good night kids!”. Andrei Malakhov will also become the general producer of TV Hit.

Georgy Chizhov Milos Zeman, President of the Czech Republic Moscow and Kyiv could agree on the payment of compensation by Russia to Kyiv for Crimean territories, possibly in the form of oil and gas. Such an proposal was made by the president of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman, answering the question of a member of the Ukrainian delegation, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada faction "Bloc of Petro Poroshenko" by Alexei Goncharenko in PACA.

Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Odery (New Zealand) found that a series of volcanic eruptions occurred 16.5 million years ago in the northwest of the current territory of the United States, which became one of the most powerful in the history of the Earth. Several volcanoes, located in the southeast of the modern state of Washington and North-East Oregon, erupted the flows of lava, which reached Canada and the Pacific Ocean.

UNESCO headquarters building Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, the United States announced his withdrawal from UNESCO, Vladimir Putin replaced the Pskov governor, and the press secretary of Roskomnadzor was sent under house arrest.

Two liberal American publications Ny Times and Washington Post have published materials on the role of antiviruses in the life of hackers. Other publications picked up the topic as an occasion to talk about the malicious hackers, the vulnerability of computers and the work of special services. Both newspapers spoke about the messages of Israeli intelligence, which claims that, observing Russian hackers, she found them to use Kaspersky antivirus to obtain access to the documents.

The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko told Izvestia that she was not trying to become a contender for the post of prime minister. The publication reported Matvienko that it "is called among those who can lead the Cabinet of Ministers." "Will you accept this proposal if you receive it?" The journalist asked. To which the head of the Council said: “There is no reason for my surname to sound in this row. They are not and will not be.

Thirteen regions of Russia will receive half of the subsidies allocated by the Ministry of Finance for 2018, to equalize budgetary security. According to the RBC news agency, referring to the materials to the federal budget for 2018–2020, it is expected that 645 billion rubles will be allocated for this type of subsidies in 2018. This is 5% more than in 2017, and Dagestan will receive the largest volume of subsidies (more than 59 billion rubles, 6.6 billion rubles more than this year).

Vladimir Putin has already dismissed 11 governor lately. This time, as expected, the Governor of the Pskov Region Andrei Turchak lost his post. And here, perhaps, for the first time it is interesting to look not at the new head of the region, but at the resigned. Of course, it is worthwhile to write about who will be the acting head of the Pskov region for almost a year, and then, with a high probability, will be elected to this post for a five -year term.

On October 13, 1926, designer Gleb Maksimov, creator of the world's first artificial satellite of the Earth, was born. Personal business Gleb Yuryevich Maksimov (1926-2001) was born in Ufa, since the 1930s, after the arrest of her father, he lived with her mother in Moscow, where she worked in the All-Union Book Chamber. After graduation, he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute.

According to a new study, the metropolis of Chicago turned out to be a safe place for wintering Canadian barracks. Two times more birds survive there than among those that spend the winter in neighboring rural areas. The Canadian Kazarka ( Branta Canadensis ), like other representatives of the family of cameras, is similar to geese, but somewhat smaller. These birds are spent in Canada and the northern part of the United States, in winter they move to the south of the United States and Mexico.

Anna Sakoyan Stand "Kaspersky Laboratory" at the FPA SRL exhibition Two liberal American publications Ny Times and Washington Post have published materials on the role of antiviruses in the life of hackers. Other publications picked up the topic as an occasion to talk about the malicious hackers, the vulnerability of computers and the work of special services.