Новости за 11.08.2016

NASA has selected six companies to design prototype deep-space habitats — a key piece of the effort to send astronauts on the long journey to the Red Planet, which NASA aims to do by the end of the 2030s.

Here's what to expect from US weather for the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks overnight tonight (Aug. 11-12).

Before Scott Kelly touched down after nearly a year on the space station, he helped kick off a year-long countdown to Super Bowl LI. Now on the ground, Kelly is set to hand off the flown football to the head of the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee.

The epic space station eclipses a star in the new trailer for the movie released on August 11, 2016. The film hits theaters in December 2016.

Titan's canyons are generally less than 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) wide, but up to 1,870 feet (570 meters) deep and feature slopes that are 40 degrees steep, a new study suggests.

Here's what you need to know about the famous Perseid meteor shower, which will peak overnight from Aug. 11 to Aug. 12.

In the early evening on Aug. 11 and 12, look for a celestial summit between the moon, Mars and Saturn.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft has recovered fully from a hiccup it suffered while observing an eclipse last week, agency officials said.

The 2016 Perseid meteor shower will peak late tonight, and if you can't watch it in person, a plethora of live webcasts have you covered.

A newly released video shows Perseid meteors recorded from July 26 through today (Aug. 11) by NASA's All Sky Fireball Network, a system of 15 cameras scattered throughout the country.

Every second, every square meter of Earth is bombarded by 10 billion photons born beyond the Milky Way, according to a new study. That may sound like a lot, but it's just 10 trillionths of the total number that bathe every square meter of the planet.

NASA's All Sky Fireball Network (consisting of 15 cameras across the United States) has been capturing the meteors burning up in Earth's atmosphere since late July. A compilation from July 26 to Aug. 11, 2016 can be seen here.

Deep Space Industries plans to launch a small satellite by the end of the decade to survey a near Earth asteroid, the next major step in the company's long-term ambitions to mine asteroids for resources.

Determined to capture the most spectacular photos of the Perseid meteors, veteran astrophotographer Jeff Berkes headed to the darkest hills in Pennsylvania a week before the meteor shower's peak, which occurs tonight (Aug. 11).

The northern lights and an impact crater were captured in a single image taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.