Новости за 10.07.2017

By electrifying tiny drops of fluid, scientists have created miniature versions of the ringed planet Saturn.

It's A-OK that Vice President Mike Pence touched a piece of titanium equipment destined for outer space, despite a sign on it that stated, "Critical Space Flight Hardware, Do Not Touch," NASA said.

Amazon Prime Day is July 11. Here are some awesome deals and discounts for space fans.

Looking for a place to stay on Mars? A 3D-printed habitat competition may be shaping space habitats.

The sun produces sound, and these waves recently revealed to scientists from the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON) that an outer layer of the star has grown weaker over the years.

The object, known as IRAS 06076-2139, consists of two galaxies zooming past each other at about 1.25 million mph (2 million km/h), NASA officials said.

July 10 marks the 45th anniversary of when Space.com skywatching columnist Joe Rao witnessed his first total eclipse of the sun. Joe talks about what it was like to see this spectacular event as a teenager and the effect it had on his life.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in May 2017.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in April 2017.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in March 2017.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in February 2017.

A new documentary look backs at the triumphs of the Cassini probe ahead of the spacecraft's scheduled death dive into the ringed planet.

Juno will fly over the 10,000-mile-wide (16,000 kilometers) storm — which is so big that three Earths could fit inside it — at 10:06 p.m. EDT tonight (July 10; 0206 GMT on July 11), during the probe's sixth science flyby of Jupiter.

The more than 3,861 square miles of the giant Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia provides salt to locals, lithium for the world's batteries and even technical help for satellite radar altimeters.

Don't call 'em Space Marines.