Новости за 28.12.2017

IG report: United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, and ULA subcontractor Aerojet Rocketdyne "did not perform adequate quality assurance management of the EELV program."

While 2017 included several astronomical highlights, the Great American Solar Eclipse of Aug. 21 stands out as the biggest skywatching event of the year, if not all time.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has given the world a belated Christmas gift: a stunning view of Saturn's Enceladus moon silhouetted against the planet's glistening rings.

Images from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico show a massive space rock's close approach to Earth on Dec. 16.

Learn more about January's full "Wolf Moon," which peaks Jan. 1 or 2, depending on your time zone. Then prepare for the Blue Moon of Jan. 31, including a total lunar eclipse!

A secret Pentagon UFO program is only the most recent in decades of work by the U.S. government looking into the unexplained. Below is a list of many of the government's programs, as well as a mention of countries that also had their own investigations.

From claims of alien life on the space station to the discovery of titanium snow on a very alien planet, some strange space stories made headlines in 2017.

Solar system researchers reveal their thoughts about Trump's plan to visit the moon before sending humans to Mars.

This Hubble Space Telescope photo of a cosmic holiday ornament shows NGC 6326, a planetary nebula of glowing gas surrounding a star that is near the end of its life.

American Girl's 2018 Girl of the Year is Luciana Vega, an astronaut reaching for the stars. See the STEM doll up close in these awesome photos!

See what's up in the night sky for January 2018, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

An 11-year-old who dreams of being the first person to fly to Mars has been revealed as American Girl's 2018 Girl of the Year.

The sun spilled its secrets to citizen-scientists during the Great American Solar Eclipse.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy megarocket was rolled out on the launchpad today (Dec. 28), as the company prepares for the rocket's maiden flight, which is scheduled for next month.

When the "Full Wolf Moon" rises on Jan. 1, it will also be the first of two "supermoons" in 2018, both of them in January.

From a historic midsummer total solar eclipse that swept across the United States to wonderful evening apparitions of Venus and Saturn to great performances by two of the best annual meteor showers, 2017 has been a good year for skywatchers.