Новости за 19.08.2016

The third and fourth satellites in the U.S. military's Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program lifted off atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket at 12:52 a.m. EDT Friday (Aug. 19) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

It's relatively common to find debris from rocket launches in the waters off Cape Canaveral in Florida, but divers exploring the seabed recently uncovered artifacts from an age of exploration long before America's space program.

The two brightest planets in the night sky, Venus and Jupiter, will dance together on Aug. 27, 2016, in their closest encounter until 2065. Here's how to see them.

A new Smithsonian channel special gives Trekkies an unprecedented view of the efforts to save the USS Enterprise from certain death. The documentary shows museum officials fighting against decades of damage to fix the 11-foot (3.4 m) "Star Trek" ship mode

The new NASA rocket being developed for missions beyond low-Earth orbit receives the hollywood treatment. Astronauts, played by actors, are prepped for the first flight of the rocket and the launch is animated.

The Blue Cut fire in California is hot. That heat allowed thermal sensors aboard the Landsat 8 satellite to capture a glowing image of the blaze at night.

On Aug. 21 of next year, skywatchers will be treated to the first total solar eclipse visible from the U.S. mainland since 1979.

The vast majority of matter in the universe is plasma: electrically charged gas. Scientists are untangling how dust interacts with plasma both in space and experimentally closer to home.

The Aerojet Rocketdyne engine was test fired at NASA's Stennis Space Center for 7.5 minutes on Aug. 18, 2016. The RS-25 was originally a Space Shuttle engine and is being upgraded for the Space Launch System rocket.

By analyzing the giant voids of the cosmos, scientists now have more precise maps of matter in the universe, a new study finds. This strategy of looking at what's not there (as opposed to what's actually present) might help solve cosmic mysteries.

The crew of the Raza investigates a space station in distress in a new clip from the reality-bending eighth episode of "Dark Matter" season 2, airing tonight (Aug. 19) on Syfy channel.

On Aug. 21, 2017, American skywatchers will be treated to a rare and spectacular celestial show — the first total solar eclipse visible from the continental United States in nearly four decades. Here's what to look for.

A stellar explosion witnessed by Chinese astronomers in the 4th century has for years been associated with a supernova remnant known as G11.2-0.3, but new evidence shows the two are actually not related at all.

NASA and the Naval Research Lab have set a world record for highest number of rocket engines used on a single flight: a total of 44 engines, which flew on a sounding rocket last year.

Astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station this morning to install a docking port that will allow private space taxies to link up with the station on future missions.

As we get better at studying atmospheres on alien worlds, we'll need to keep in mind that the detection of oxygen doesn't necessarily point to extraterrestrial biology.

NASA engineers blasted an RS-25 rocket engine for 7 minutes yesterday (Aug. 18) at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as part of a development test for hardware that will make up the most powerful rocket ever.

Black-hole conditions created in the lab reveal the first traces of emission predicted over 40 years ago.

Two NASA astronauts successfully installed a new parking spot at the International Space Station today (Aug. 19), which is a key step toward accommodating new commercial space taxis that visit the orbiting lab.