Новости за 30.12.2016

Visitors to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona only need to walk a short way in order to get up close with a large piece of space shuttle history. In fact, they only need to go from the parking lot to the entrance to encounter a solid rocket booster.

Astrophotographer Mike Killian took this image of Venus and the crescent moon on Dec. 2, 2016 from Toronto.

With a cloud of trailing debris, a rocky object known as 3200 Phaethon straddles the line between asteroid and comet. But the space rock's days, it seems, might be numbered.

The "Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, distance from the Earth at true scale," are visualized here for all of 2017 according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The "Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, distance from the Earth at true scale," are visualized here for all of 2017 according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The OSIRIS-REx launch, Operation IceBridge, Hubble Space Telescope discoveries and more are highlighted in this 'mix tape' from the NASA center.

Mobile astronomy apps can tell you about the upcoming skywatching events for 2017 and help you spot them.

As humans explore other worlds, the colonies they develop may change over time. While the first settlements may rely on individuals, as the outposts grow more self-sustaining, families will likely become the colonists of choice, a panel of experts said.

Ryan Gosling will portray Neil Armstrong in Universal Studios' biopic about the Apollo 11 astronaut, "First Man." The actor closed the deal for the new film, to be based on James Hansen's authorized biography, pairing him again with director, Damien Chaze

Explaining the source of sunspots is a pretty tough nut to crack.

On the evening of Jan. 3-4 the peak of the shower could produce up to 100 meteors per hour. Find out where to look in the night sky to spot the debris of comet 2003 EH1 that produces the annual event.

Mars and Venus are visible in the evening while Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury are present in the early morning hours. The constellations of Taurus and Auriga make great targets and the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Jan 3-4.

John Chumack took this image of the Aurora Borealis on a 2016 trip to Alaska, an annual event for him and a group of skywatchers.

The "New Year's Eve Comet" that's been streaking across the sky this December isn't the only otherworldly visitor ringing in the New Year in Earth's neighborhood.

Expedition 50 crewmembers take the #MannequinChallenge to new heights!