Новости за 19.12.2016

A novel technology that could allow for accurate, guided landing of payloads returning to Earth from the International Space Station will soon undergo testing in orbit.

See photos from the 2016 science fiction space film "Passengers" starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as astronauts on an interstellar voyage.

Lunokhod 1 was the first successful rover to explore another world. Driven by remote-control operators in the Soviet Union, it travelled more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) in just 10 months.

These 100 images are our editors' choices for the best night skt photos of the year!

The detection of hydrated salts within Mars’ intriguing, seasonally appearing dark streaks aren’t necessarily proof of liquid water, according to a new study.

News of the death of John Glenn – "the last genuine American hero" – ricocheted across the internet on Dec. 8, 2016, in less time than it had taken the famed astronaut to complete his first Earth orbit.

A band of molten iron is churning slowly deep inside Earth, much in the same way as a jet stream, a new study finds.

To aid in the search for life on Mars, people should look at the way primitive life on Earth modifies the environment around it.

Thousands of planets have been discovered outside of our own solar system, including some that resemble the icy, desert or water-covered worlds seen in the fictional universe of "Star Wars."

The huge, red star Betelgeuse may have swallowed up a sun-size companion star just 100,000 years ago, a new study suggests.

Scientists involved with a proposed NASA mission to a near Earth asteroid say their work is not affected, for now, by a decision by the European Space Agency earlier this month not to fund a companion spacecraft.

Warren Keller and Steve Mazlin took this image from Star Shadows Remote Observatory PROMPT2 CTIO near La Serena, Chile.

Launch startup Rocket Lab says it is ready to begin test flights of its Electron launch vehicle early next year, having concluded flight qualification and acceptance of the first stage booster.

Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to fight climate change would also make it hard for much of the world to see stars in the night sky.

A complex computer simulation has modeled the impact of an asteroid in the ocean and the results may surprise you.