Новости за 23.02.2016

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has an alkaline ocean, a promising sign of geochemical activity, and the potential to support life.

Five moons orbit the dwarf planet Pluto: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx.

Astrophysicists are still guessing at exactly how massive gassy planets – orbiting dizzyingly close to their stars – came to exist. Dr. Paul Sutter talks us through the physics of ‘roaster planets,' 'pegasids,' and ‘epistellar jovians.'

Charon was discovered in 1978 and named for the discoverer's wife, as well as the mythological ferryman. Pluto and Charon are considered a binary planet system.

Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explains the transit method, one of the two most common techniques for finding exoplanets: If a distant world orbits ‘edge-on’ to our line-of-sight, it dims the light from its parent star just a bit.

A theoretical five-dimensional black hole shatters Einstein's theory of general relativity.

NASA's Aqua spacecraft captured an image of Winston on Saturday (Feb. 20), the day the storm made landfall on the island of Vitu Levi as a Category 5 hurricane — the most powerful type on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo unveiling last Friday was full of strange and memorable moments, but perhaps the most powerful was the sight of the sleek, gorgeous vehicle itself.

Researchers are mapping out how to build a human outpost in the region around Earth's moon. The ongoing work is expected to help plot out other deep-space trips, such as the journey to a near-Earth asteroid and the larger leap to Mars.

Great science comes from a great imagination.

If a space rock hits the atmosphere, and no one is around to hear it, does the tabloid press still report it as an Earth-shattering event?

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly isn't just flying an epic one-year mission in space. He's doing it with a sense of humor. Case in point: this hilarious ape escape video on the International Space Station.

ISS Commander Scott Kelly, who has completed nearly 340 days in Space, explained this unusual video clip via Facebook: "Needed a little humor to lighten up a #‎YearInSpace. Go big, or go home. I think I'll do both!"

Hello space fans! If you think there's something new about Space.com today, you're not seeing things. We've got a new logo for 2016.

Robotic spacecraft could get to Mars after a journey of just three days, researchers say. The key to making this happen is photon propulsion, which would use a powerful laser to blast spacecraft to relativistic speeds.

The Milky Way and five planets in one stunning image took some patience, but paid off handsomely for skywatcher Matt Smith. The image was taken from Carthage, Texas on February 10, 2016.

It's a good time to be a "Star Wars" fan. This year at the 2016 New York Toy Fair, there were "Star Wars" toys galore, thanks to the explosion of new movies and shows related to the franchise.

Ron Garan has orbited the Earth 2,842 times in NASA craft. Now, he’ll fly space tourists to the edge of space and back via balloon as part of the World view team.

Arizona-based World View Enterprises, which aims to begin crewed operational flights by the end of 2017, has tapped Ron Garan as its chief pilot, the company announced today (Feb. 23).