Новости за 09.08.2016

The NASA astronaut is going to break the record for American days in space later this month, here are some amazing photos of his orbital mission.

Could there be a way to find bacterial structures on another planet? And if so, how important might these bacteria be in making a planet life-friendly?

Amazingly detailed views of fired-up rocket engines blasting into space and dropping back down for a landing are featured in a new video released by the private spaceflight company SpaceX.

The spectacular Perseid meteor shower, peaking Thursday night (Aug. 11–12), lights up Earth's sky every August as Earth passes through the trail left by Comet Swift-Tuttle, a miles-wide behemoth that swings by Earth every 133 years.

The shadow of Saturn can be seen stretching across the planet's ring system in a new photo. That shadow grows shorter each day as the massive planet approaches its seasonal equinox.

While Vulcan, the home planet of Spock, is one of the most well-known worlds in science fiction, the planet is entirely fictional. However, the star system it belongs to in "Star Trek" is for real.

A mysterious kind of supernova that appears to explode twice may be giving birth to some of the most powerful magnets in the universe, a new study finds.

Using high speed camera footage and alternate views of launches, stage separation, reentry and landing burn, the private spaceflight company has compiled a stunning highlight reel of rocketry.

The U.S. Air Force began preparing for war on May 23, 1967, thinking that the Soviet Union had jammed American surveillance radars. But space-weather forecasters intervened, telling top brass that a sun eruption was to blame, according to a new study.

Jeff Bezos, the founder of commercial space company Blue Origin, and celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson are joining the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Advisory Board.

Violent volcano eruptions that shaped Mercury's sun-scorched surface likely ended 3.5 billion years ago, which is strikingly early compared to the volcanic history of other terrestrial planets like Venus, Mars and Earth.