Новости за 03.08.2016

The U.S. government has officially approved the planned 2017 robotic lunar landing of Florida-based Moon Express, which aims to fly commercial missions to Earth's nearest neighbor and help exploit its resources, company representatives announced today.

Moon Express Inc. wants to not only get you to the Moon but to mine it as well. Hear from the people behind the endeavor.

A new National Geographic Channel scripted TV special called "Mars" will tell the story of a crew of astronauts making the very first journey to the Red Planet.

Astrophotographer John Chumack took this image focusing on Barnard 72 or the Snake Nebula from John Bryan State Park Observatory in Yellow Springs, Ohio on July 2, 2016.

A conference this November aims to make it easier for companies to profit in space.

Jupiter's active moon Io has a collapsible atmosphere: New views show the satellite's shroud of sulfur dioxide freezing when Io enters its planet's shadow each day and converting back to gas when the moon emerges.

The Kepler-80 system's four outermost planets line up every 27 days, a new study suggests.

As gravitational wave observatories become more sensitive, we may see the collisions of neutron stars and, possibly, find out what these stellar husks are really made of.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft experienced a glitch while observing an eclipse Tuesday (Aug. 2) but appears to be on the mend, agency officials said.

NASA's Sun observing satellites delivered us a few treats to start August. On the second day of the month (Aug. 2), the Moon came between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Sun.

The odds of life evolving throughout the universe are 1,000 times greater in the far future than they are now, according to a new modeling study. The finding suggests that life on Earth may be "premature" in the cosmic scheme of things.

Brian Bjelde, vice president of human resources for SpaceX, answered questions about how to get a job at the private spaceflight company (and what to expect once you do) in a Reddit Ask Me Anything.

NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson, Karen Nyberg and Rick Mastracchio donned their Launch Entry Suits (nicknamed 'pumpkin suits' because of their color, to egress the Orion capsule mockup.

In a new study, researchers zapped a main component of rocky planets with a laser and discovered something unexpected: Instead of simply melting under suddenly high temperature and pressure, crystals form in liquid as well.

Under the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres are strange jumbled zones that are mixes of ice and rock, a new study finds. This research suggests that Ceres might still be warmed by radioactive material in its interior, scientists said.