Новости за 01.12.2015

SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform, a NASA official said today (Dec. 1).

Gravitational waves are tough to accurately measure in part because they warp detectors and their actor pints on Earth. ESA's Lisa Pathfinder mission will measure movement the precious metal cubes in a 'near-perfect gravitational free-fall'.

A Japanese spacecraft, which failed to make it into Venus orbit in 2010, is making a return trip to the planet after being stuck in solar orbit and engineers are hopeful it will complete its mission.

Astrophysicists have created a computer model that simulates a dying stars' magnetic guts before generating a cosmic monster.

The crowdsourced Integrated Space Plan is billed as "the most comprehensive vision of the next 100 years of space development ever produced" – compiled into a single graphic.

The U.S. Air Force awarded Johns Hopkins University $545,00 to study additive manufacturing techniques to make cooling chambers for liquid rocket engines.

See what's up in the night sky for December 2015, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

The private spaceflight companies Blue Origin and SpaceX have both made big strides toward developing fully and rapidly reusable rockets, which advocates say could open a new era of exploration by slashing the cost of spaceflight.

In Oct. 2003, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured imagery of a massive flare that triggered the largest solar storm in a half century. In its 20 years of service SOHO has imaged thousands of comets, prominences, planets and more.

The International Space Station is about to get a little homier, thanks to a flower garden that should bloom in early 2016.

A critical piece of NASA's Orion spacecraft — which may carry astronauts to Mars — is about to begin a series of crucial tests to determine whether or not it can withstand the rigors of spaceflight.

A supermassive black hole anchoring the center of a nearby galaxy has been caught in a rarely seen double act: ripping apart a nearby sun-size star and shooting out jets of debris from its center at close to light speed.