Новости за 31.01.2017

A first in preparations for a manned mission to Mars, several key pieces of the Orion spacecraft project were combined to test how launch vibrations could influence astronauts' function.

Science fiction becomes reality with the invention of a hologram device.

A new online tool will allow you use images taken from space to explore ancient archaeological sites and discover their hidden secrets.

To compensate for its unfriendly chill, the coming nights offers the unusual beauty of two twilight spectacles: we are right in the midst of a nearly two-week-long duet of Venus and Mars at dusk and a trio of these two planets with a crescent moon on Tues

Why does this recap of "The Expanse" Season 1 star a variety of costumed, floating, ship-flying cats on elaborate tiny sets? Space.com has no idea, but is certainly not complaining.

Watch a unique recap of the first season of Syfy's "The Expanse"....with cats, lots of cats!

The solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Scientists have developed three models of how it happened.

The last crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia talk about their dreams of being astronauts and the spectacle of flying above the Earth in this retrospective.

Powerful explosions on the far side of the sun sent charged particles flying across magnetic-field lines to the near side. For the first time, scientists have connected the two.

This weekend, Musk told a crowd gathered at the Hyperloop test track that he's started digging the hole.

A perplexing "chameleon supernova" is challenging the way astronomers study massive star explosions.

A very simple chemical analysis is being developed by NASA scientists that could someday be used by robotic missions on other worlds to detect alien biology.

NASA partnered with Jane Goodall Institute in hopes satellite data could help save chimps.

Ethiopia’s most active volcano has seen a surge of recent activity.

Fans of Syfy's space thriller "The Expanse" can look forward to deeper characters, moral dilemmas and changing dynamics in the upcoming season, cast and crew said at a screening and Q&A last night (Jan. 30) at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn.

The IceCube experiment, buried under the Antarctic ice, was designed primarily to capture particles called neutrinos that are produced by powerful cosmic events, but it's revealing new clues on the nature of the ghostly particles.

If you ask yourself what the biggest threat to human existence is you'd probably think of nuclear war, global warming or a large-scale pandemic disease. But assuming we can overcome such challenges, are we really safe?

A new astronaut garb has grabbed attention for its bold blue color, but for those who are familiar with history, it shares the shade with spacesuits past.