A giant planet with a comet-like tail has been discovered American astronomers, reports The Astrophysical Journal, using the Hubble Space Telescope have proven the existence of a comet-like tail on a hot celestial body. The gas giant, called HD 209458b, orbits so close to its star that its hot atmosphere is sprayed into space.

New Winzavod programs Most of the exhibitions at the Winzavod art center, of course, take place as part of the “Stop!” biennale. Who's coming?" or is its satellites. There are a lot of interesting things. Conventionally, Russian young art presented at Winzavod can be ranked in several categories: already recognized, already noticed, already appeared. That is, our youth comes in three degrees. And they have nothing to do with the quality of art.

Dratsev and Dyatchin swam to world championship medals The World Open Water Swimming Championships continue in Roberval, Canada. Russian swimmers took two prizes in the Olympic 10 km distance. Evgeny Dratsev finished second, losing 1.3 seconds to the winner, Italian Valerio Clery. The bronze medalist was Vladimir Dyatchin, losing to his compatriot by 1.4 seconds.

The German government raises the price for maintaining nuclear power plants German energy companies E.ON, RWE, Vattenfall and EnBW, which generate electricity using nuclear power plants, may have to pay higher taxes than planned. Additional money from energy companies should help the government implement its previously announced savings plan, which requires 82 billion euros to be implemented.

Muscovites are advised to escape the heat and burning Yesterday morning, when Muscovites woke up, they smelled a strong burning smell. The environmental situation in Moscow has deteriorated sharply, it has become difficult to breathe, and thick smoke hangs in the hot air. The burning smell was especially strong in the areas closest to the burning peat bogs in the Moscow region - Volgogradsky and Ryazansky Avenues, Entuziastov Highway, Kosin, Novokosin and Zhulebino.

Oldest written document found in Jerusalem A small piece of clay tablet discovered during excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem by Hebrew University archaeologists is the oldest written document found in the Holy City. It shows that Jerusalem was an important city already at the end of the Bronze Age, i.e. almost half a millennium before its conquest in the 10th century BC by King David.

A series of tournaments leading up to the US Open has started overseas The tennis world is moving overseas, where a series of American tournaments kicked off this week with the men's tournament in Atlanta. Ten events will be held in the six weeks leading up to the final Grand Slam of the season, the US Open. Over the course of a month and a half, tennis players will have the opportunity not only to prepare for the US Open, but also to significantly improve their financial situation.

60% of Russians promise an apartment with a mortgage in 20 years Apartments for citizens and land for businessmen were decided yesterday at the government presidium. But not everything is so simple: so far the head of the Cabinet of Ministers has only signed a strategy for the development of mortgage lending until 2030, the ultimate goal of which is to make affordable housing on mortgage terms in 20 years for 60% of Russian families.

Slovak “Lion” should join the KHL The Kontinental Hockey League announced that 24 clubs will play in the Gagarin Cup tournament this season. The application of the Slovak club Lev is likely to be approved, despite serious problems in the team's infrastructure. This is supported by the fact that the majority of Super League teams have declared it impossible to participate in the tournament according to the previous rules if there are 11 clubs in one division and 12 in the other.

The IMF intends to increase the volume of the anti-crisis fund European countries continue to experience a crisis associated with excessive budget deficits. Yesterday, the international rating agency Moody's downgraded Ireland's rating, complicating the country's upcoming placement of government bonds today. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed complaints about the budget of another European country - Hungary, suspending its credit line.

Tom players showed no desire to fight on credit The 13th round of the Russian Football Championship ended with two matches on Monday. Zenit retained its leadership in the tournament, but in the fight for second place the real battle was Rubin versus CSKA. The teams are almost level. There are enough collisions on other levels of the tournament table.

Moscow authorities hope to compensate for the sharp drop in investment with the help of a special body The authorities of Moscow, whose economy largely depends on the well-being of the construction industry, are concerned about the low level of activity of city investors. City officials are even ready to give businesses some leverage over the bureaucracy of the mayor's office.

Plants are capable of remembering and transmitting information Plants are capable of transmitting information contained in the light flux from leaf to leaf in the same way as the human nervous system does. Moreover, the transmission of electrochemical signals continues in the dark, which suggests that plants are able to remember information.

Most of the European territory of Russia has experienced abnormal heat for a long period. And although in some places short-term rains fall during the passage of atmospheric fronts, this does not save from the heat and stuffiness. On Tuesday in the North-West region there will be no precipitation, +24...+29оС. In the Central region, intermittent rain, thunderstorms, wind gusts up to 18 m/s, in the south +30...+35оС, in the north +25...+31оС.

Scientists have created a super-porous material Chemists from the University of California and South Korea set two records at once - they created a material with record porosity that can collect a record amount of carbon dioxide. We are talking about an important class of porous solids known as metal-organic structures (MOS). MOCs are sometimes also called crystal sponges. They are capable of collecting gases that are difficult to store and transport anywhere under normal conditions.