Новости за 12.05.2017

A massive cosmic object can act like a lens, magnifying and warping the images of background bodies. Learn all about this "gravitational lensing" phenomenon in the third episode of "We Don't Planet."

NASA apparently has some news to share about the first test flight of its new Orion spacecraft and its megarocket booster, the Space Launch System. The space agency will hold a press conference this afternoon (May 12).

Though Hollywood doesn't get everything about space exploration right, entertainment is an important way to get space-related messages out to the public, a panel of experts said yesterday (May 9) at the 2017 Human to Mars Summit.

Astronaut Anna Fisher joined NASA in 1978 and became the first mother to fly in space when she launched on her space shuttle mission. See photos from her space career here. She retired from NASA in 2017.

On-orbit 3D printing of components and a trio of robotic arms for assembly are some of the features of Made in Space’s Archinaut Ulisses.

Using a robot arm and a laser verification system, the satellite design can eliminate “size, cost and launch limitations,” according to the manufacturer Made in Space.

The description of gravity under general relativity leads to an unexpected result: A massive object can act like a lens, magnifying and warping the images of background objects.

Telescopes around the world have teamed up to crack open the Crab Nebula, the dusty remnants of an exploded star. By combining different types of observations, astronomers produced one of the most detailed images of the stunning space cloud to date.

During the peak of the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower last weekend, skywatchers captured some stunning images of the "shooting stars" as they bolted through the night sky.

In Marvel's first "Guardians of the Galaxy" film (2014), Chris Pratt's Star-Lord character manages to survive exposure to space without a spacesuit. But he's a special case.

Two NASA astronauts will embark on the International Space Station's milestone 200th spacewalk this morning (May 12), when they will spend 6.5 hours upgrading and maintaining tools and experiments outside the orbiting lab.

Recently retired NASA astronaut Anna Lee Fisher was part of the first Space Shuttle astronaut class. In 1984 she became the first mother to launch into space on the STS-51-A mission.

The finding shows that oxygen can be generated in space without the need for life, and could influence how researchers search for signs of life on exoplanets.

Donald Trump won't be president when NASA puts boots on Mars.

Video showing the northern lights above Alaska isn't only dazzling footage — it's part of ongoing research into the dynamics of auroras.

Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun and was the first to be predicted before it was discovered.

Astrobiologists ponder sending gene sequencers, weather stations, drilling rigs and more to the Red Planet

The Big Dipper is an asterism in the constellation Ursa Major. The familiar group of stars serves as a pointer to other locations in the sky.

The first flight of NASA's next-generation heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), is now scheduled for 2019 and will not include a human crew, agency officials said today (May 12).

The Smithsonian Channel series digs deep into NASA history and kicks off the season with an episode dedicated to the rocket that launched humans to the moon.

The first launch of NASA's Saturn V did not fly with a crew and, as great a feat as it was, few, if any of the people who worked it from the ground rose into the public's attention.

A new video from the International Space Station shows an astronaut's hunt for an ammonia leak, backdropped by amazing views of Earth.

Astronauts sped through the landmark 200th spacewalk at the International Space Station, after a glitch in preparations left them looking at a shortened trip outside.

A NASA space telescope recently passed 5,000 days since the start of its mission in 2003, and it's still going strong.