Новости за 25.08.2016

See amazing photos of U.S. National Parks from space as seen by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in August 2016.

A press event was held in Beijing, China that signaled the launching of a public competitive campaign to get a name and logo for the country's first robotic Mars probe.

Humans have been sending animals to space for almost 70 years, but the questions they hope to answer have evolved in that time.

NASA's Jeff Williams recently became the first astronaut to surpass 520 days in Space. It was a record previously held by Scott Kelly.

The newfound, possibly Earth-like planet Proxima b lies just 4.2 light-years away. So why did it take astronomers so long to discover it?

The newfound planet Proxima Centauri b is the closest planet outside our solar system ever discovered, and scientists think it might be amenable to life. But what would it be like to live on our nearest interstellar neighbor?

Thirty-five years ago today, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft got an up-close look at beautiful, enigmatic Saturn.

A European Ariane 5 rocket on Aug. 24 successfully placed two Intelsat-owned telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit, a launch that included the second of Intelsat’s do-or-die Epic high-throughput satellites.

Dark streaks found running down hillsides on the surface of Mars appear to hold water, but no more than the very driest locations on Earth, according to a new study.

Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has captured dramatic imagery of a comet outburst that may have been caused by a landslide on the icy body.

America's national parks offer incredible views of beautiful landscapes on Earth — so imagine what these spectacular scenes look like from space. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams shares photos from the International Space Station.

Early Friday morning (Aug. 26), SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo spaceship will separate from the International Space Station, ferrying essential science specimens on a 6-hour journey back to Earth.

Astronaut Jeff Williams talks about the National Parks amongst a bevy of gorgeous imagery captured form the International Space Station. National Park Service Centennial is this year.

On August 27, 2016, Venus and Jupiter will be so close, as viewed from Earth, that a pencil eraser could cover both planets if you held it up to the sky. This is the closest the planets will be until 2065.

In stroke of luck, ESA's Rosetta probe had a majority of its instrumentation pointed at Comet 67/CG when it had an outburst in February 2016. The probe's dust detecting instrument was hit with about 20 times more dust than a typical day that month.

The strange parallel universe on the show "Stranger Things" has some similarities to concepts physicists have proposed in the past.

This Saturday night (Aug. 27), just after sunset, Venus and Jupiter will get so close to one another in the sky that they will appear to almost touch. The planetary pair won't get this close again until 2065.