Новости за 01.11.2016

The space tourism company Virgin Galactic took to the air with its VSS Unity space plane today (Nov. 1) to attempt the craft's first glide flight.

A museum led and supported by spaceflight pioneers and former space program workers now has a new name that better reflects its mission. The Space Walk of Fame Museum, founded in Titusville, Florida in 2001, has been renamed the American Space Museum.

Have you ever wondered what the universe looks like in all of its entirety, or how it would feel to hold the universe in the palm of your hand? Good news: It is now possible to do both of these things — all you need is a 3D printer.

The oldest light in the Universe, known as the cosmic microwave background, is now available to be 3D printed for study. Dr. Dave Clements, a co-author of the study "Cosmic sculpture: a new way to visualize the cosmic microwave background" explains.

If you're trying to make the case that Saturn is the most beautiful planet in the solar system, this new photo could be Exhibit A.

The alien planet HD 189733b is a beautiful blue dot in a sea of inky blackness, just like Earth. But that's where the similarities between the two worlds end.

Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield reads his new picture book, "The Darkest Dark" (Macmillan, 2016), to an eager rock-star dog in an episode of the new Amazon Prime video series "Bookaboo," which was released online Oct. 28.

A new, possibly dangerous, life form is created in the new space-based movie starring Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson and Jake Gyllenhaal. In theaters starting Memorial Day 2017.

Ben Cotton talks to Space.com's Hanneke Weitering about training and the difficulties of shooting in the desert at a press event for the premiere of the show in New York City.

The prospect of a private company flying to Mars opens options for returning key science samples back to Earth for NASA, the agency's new science chief said on Monday.