Новости за 17.03.2017

The space-based TV series "The Expanse" will return for a 13-episode third season in 2018, the Syfy channel announced yesterday (March 16).

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers an unparalleled approximation of the conditions on Mars — which also makes it a good place to practice looking for life on the Red Planet.

To help prepare the public for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is awarding minigrants to fund outreach activities focused on engaging groups of people who are underrepresented in the science community.

NASA astronaut and ISS Cmdr. Shane Kimbrough beamed his St. Patrick's Day greetings to Earth this morning and tweeted a photo of Ireland taken from space.

A giant planet that is scorchingly close to its star may not survive for long, a new study finds.

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket is poised to lift off Saturday (March 18) to deliver into orbit a multipurpose communications satellite that will join the U.S. military's Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) network.

Astronauts on the International Space Station are swapping out their fluorescent light bulbs for a fancy new set of LEDs that scientists think will help them sleep better and be more alert. The technology could help people on Earth sleep better as well.

If the robotic vehicle stays aloft until March 25, it will break the X-37B mission-duration mark of 674 days, which was set back in October 2014.

A new image of the James Webb Telescope appears to be filled with ghostly wraiths, thanks to the photo being taken in a darkened room with a long exposure time.

Rocks from the eastern shore of the Hudson Bay in Canada contain elements of some of Earth's earliest crust, new research finds.

The aerospace engineering company SpaceWorks Enterprises thinks that the first human missions to Mars could employ a hibernation system for astronauts as soon as the early or mid-2030s.

Vice President Mike Pence didn’t offer any hints about what the Trump administration might do in space when he met with Buzz Aldrin last week, the former astronaut said March 14.