Bulgarian scientist Vesselin Kostov is part of a NASA team that has discovered a planet orbiting two suns. Astronomers from Goddard Space Flight Center at NASA and Diego State University have discovered the largest planet outside our solar system, orbiting two stars at a distance that could allow for life to exist. However, exoplanet "Kepler-1647b" is the size of Jupiter and is a gas giant, which makes it unsuitable for life. The discovery was announced at a conference of the American Astronomical Society in San Diego, California, the BGNES agency reported. Vesselin Kostov is a PhD in astrophysics. He graduated in physics from the Sofia University and then continued his studies in the faculties of physics and astronomy at the University of Oklahoma and the Johns Hopkins University. He also worked for the Lamont-Dohety Earth Observatory at Columbia University before starting work for NASA.
The National Show of the Ile-de-France sheep breed was held on 14 and 15 June in Sliven. The event was opened by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Deyan Stratev, who reminded that the Ile-de-France breed is one of the two specialized meat breeds in..
A national "March for the Family" will be held today in three cities of the country - Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. In the capital, the event will start at 4 pm from the Ivan Vazov National Theatre where the march will head to the Court Palace,..
The 10 th edition of the National Lavender Festival is taking place 14-15 June in Sredno Gradishte village near Chirpan , where some of the oldest lavender plantations in the country are located, some over 80 years old. The idea of the event is to..
On 29 and 30 June the lake in Pancharevo near Sofia will be hosting the Dragon Boat Festival . During the two days dragon boat races will be held on..
The Patriarchal Election Church Council has been convened on 30 June to elect a Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox church and Metropolitan of the..
Navigation conditions along the River Danube will be improved with the EUR 10 million European project DISMAR , the Bulgarian news agency BTA..
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