Новости за 15.04.2016

Here are the biggest challenges Stephen Hawking and others on the Breakthrough Starshot team will have to overcome to make interstellar spaceflight a reality.

Look up this weekend to catch bright Mars as it begins a zigzag detour across the spring sky.

One of the world's largest physics meetings kicks off in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 16. Talks at the meeting will cover astro-, particle and gravitational physics.

An enormous space "spider," glowing a strange and radioactive shade of green, stretches its many legs across the cosmos in a stunning new NASA photo.

Laboratory test on ice compression has revealed that Jupiter's icy moon's crust could generate a surprising amount of heat, opening a new window into understanding the moon's potentially life-giving ocean.

In his final DNews segment, President Obama will highlight Henrietta Swan Leavitt, whose insights helped devise a cosmic yardstick for measuring the universe.

For the next two weeks, we will have our best view of Mercury for 2016. For observers in the Northern Hemisphere, Mercury is at its best in April and May in the evening sky, and October and November in the morning sky.

In "No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon," Buzz Aldrin talks about the historic highs he has experienced (becoming the second person ever to set foot on the moon, for example) as well as the soul-trying lows.

SDO provides insights on the structure of the sun's magnetic field, as well as how energy is transferred from the sun into space.

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite keeps watch over sunspots and other solar events.

At the Space Symposium there were virtual reality tours of rocket launches and even the surface of Mars — VR is becoming a commonly used tool for spaceflight companies and agencies to engage the public.

This summer, try and catch one of the night sky's most spectacular and accessible shows — a meteor shower.