Новости за 07.09.2017

The European Space Agency's ExoMars rover will survey, drill, and take pictures of areas where ancient microbes may have lived.

The Cassini spacecraft is set to pull off its final mission after 20 years in space, collecting data as it crashes into Saturn’s atmosphere. Read all about Cassini's "Grand Finale" and its Sept. 15 suicide plunge.

The fifth mystery mission of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane is now underway.

Three hurricanes are churning simultaneously in the Atlantic – a fairly rare occurrence that hasn't been since 2010.

Happy birthday, Syfy! The science-fiction network turns 25 this month, and it's kicking off a monthlong celebration with the release of a new podcast called "SYFY25: Origin Stories," hosted by Adam Savage of "MythBusters."

Astronomy is the study of the sun, moon, stars, planets and other objects and phenomena in space. It has a long, rich history.

Saturn's possibly habitable moon Enceladus seems to dance in a gorgeous new video captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

The sunspot that is likely responsible for a monster solar flare that exploded into space yesterday is visible to skywatchers with a pair of solar-viewing glasses.

The fifth secret mission of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spacecraft is scheduled to launch today (Sept. 7) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and you can watch it live online.

The private space telescope initiative Project Blue launched a new crowdfunding campaign in a second attempt to raise money for its mission to directly image Earth-like exoplanets.

An active, sun-spotted region of the sun that unleashed powerful solar flares earlier this week fired two more significant solar flares this morning.

Hurricane Irma is barreling through the Caribbean as a massive Category 5 storm and its fury unmistakable even from orbit, according to the the crew of the International Space Station (ISS).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane into orbit on Sept. 7, 2017.

On Sept. 6, 2017, a giant sunspot on the sun erupted with a colossal solar flare that registered X9.3 on the solar storm scale. See photos of the massive flare, and its solar aftershocks, in our gallery here.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that is expected to make landfall in southern Florida over the weekend.

The world's second-largest radio telescope has apparently weathered the storm.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) GOES-13 satellite captured astonishing imagery of Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia early this week.