2012

The Super Bowl XLVI MVP Eli Manning with the Super Bowl XLII trophy

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The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI 21-17. Eli Manning was elected MVP just like four years ago, when the Giants defeated for the first time the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.

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Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England. In 1961 he was chosen to play the character that gave him great fame, John Steed. Originally, his was a minor character in the series “The Avengers” but in the second season he already became the star. He also played many other roles in television, cinema and on stage.

A picture of Syrtis Major taken by the Mars Express Orbiter (Image ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum))

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Discovered in 1659, Syrtis Major is a region of Mars with an area of ​​about 1,300×1,500 km (about 930×630 miles), thus about half of Europe. Initially, they thought it was a sea but today we know that this is a region of volcanic origin. Now the ESA Mars Express spacecraft has revealed new details of Syrtis Major.

Artistic concept of planet GJ 667Cc with the three stars of its system in the background

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An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable planet about 22 light years away from Earth. The planet, called GJ 667Cc or Gliese 667C c, has a mass about 4,5 times the Earth so it belongs to the category of planets called super-Earths. This planet has an orbital period of about 28 days around a class M red dwarf called GJ 667C or Gliese 667C.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

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It was only a matter of time and yesterday Facebook has officially submitted to SEC, the authority that watches over U.S.A. stock market, the papers needed to declare that the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg wants to go public with an IPO.