May 2013

A reproduction of the Milky Way with details of its central area (Image ESA–C. Carreau)

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ESA’s Herschel space telescope has completed its mission at the end of April, but the observations it made continue to be a source of discovery. A study of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way performed on observations conducted between 2011 and 2012 identified a significantly warmer than expected gas that may orbit around it or fall towards it.

Artistic concept of Mars One Colony (Image courtesy Mars One / Bryan Versteeg. All rights reserved)

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Mars One, the nonprofit organization that aims to establish a permanent colony on Mars starting from 2023, has announced that in the first two weeks since the opening of the search for volunteers more than 78,000 people have signed up to be part of the selection program to find the astronauts who should make a one-way trip to the red planet.

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This weekend London is hosting the basketball Euroleague 2012/2013 Final Four. On Friday, May 10 there will be the semifinals and on Sunday, May 12 there will be the Finals. The semifinals will be CSKA Moscow – Olympiacos Piraeus e Regal FC Barcelona – Real Madrid.

Omnibus containing A Woman a Day, Inside Outside, Lord Tyger and Doc Savage, His Apocaliptyc Life by Philip J. Farmer (Italian edition)

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The novel “Lord Tyger” by Philip J. Farmer was published for the first time in 1970.

Ras Tyger is a boy raised in an African jungle among animals, with which he communicates. His infrequent contact with other human beings are with his parents, though they claim they’re apes, and with some members of a tribe that lives in the jungle.