Новости за 25.01.2017

On Jan. 25, 2017, Boeing unveiled the spacesuit astronauts will wear aboard the company's Starliner capsule. Here's a look at the sleek new "Boeing Blue" suit.

As reports filter out about restrictions on research and public communications at other federal agencies since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, a NASA official said Jan. 24 there have been no changes to the agency’s programs or policies.

The space rock will fly within 162,252 miles (261,119 km) of Earth on Jan. 25, 2017. It is estimated to be about 30 feet in diameter. Slooh.com astronomer Eric Edelman explains.

Some of the most unusual and bizarre space missions ever conceived by humans are chronicled in the book "Amazing Stories of the Space Age" (Prometheus, 2017) by space writer and historian Rod Pyle. Check out this excerpt from the book.

Cassini sent home an image of Saturn and its rings impossible to capture from anywhere else in the galaxy.

Photographs from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory capture the differently shaped trails of high-energy particles ejected from two nearby pulsars as they zip through the Milky Way galaxy.

One of the closest rocky planets to Earth could have a wild climate that oscillates quickly between heating and cooling-off periods, a new study reports.

Venus is completely shrouded by cloud, making it hard to see the surface below — but the clouds themselves are revealing some fascinating secrets about Earth's toxic twin.

The small newfound asteroid 2017 BX, nicknamed "Rerun," zipped harmlessly by Earth late Tuesday (Jan. 24), just days after its discovery.

When people think of the type of equipment that astronauts take to space, checklists and science apparatus may come to mind. What they probably do not think of are sewing kits, bagpipes and painted spacesuits, like those on display in the "Space for Art"

When a giant asteroid careened into Earth about 66 million years ago, the enormous collision led to the formation of an airborne "curtain" of sulfate molecules that blocked the sun's light and led to years of freezing cold and darkness, a new study finds.

The NASA astronauts who fly aboard Boeing's new spaceship will wear sleek blue suits that are lighter and more comfortable than the bulky orange suits of the space shuttle era, company representatives said.

The new suit increases capabilities for astronauts who will one day fly in the new Boeing capsule. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson used his many years of experience with Space Shuttle suits to assist in the development on the new design.

When the International Space Station retires, Axiom Space has eyes on its spare parts.

The dwarf planet Ceres is cloaked in a layer of asteroid dust that disguises its true surface composition, a new study suggests.

Pluto's largest moon, Charon, had a process like Earth's plate tectonics beneath its surface, driven by a freezing ice core that expanded and cracked the little world's crust.