Новости за 21.12.2020

Did the biblical "Star of Bethlehem" come back in 2020? It wouldn't be crazy to think so. But it's not the only possibility.

A wolf pup mummy, perfectly preserved in permafrost for 57,000 years, is finally giving up some of its secrets.

Here's how to catch the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, something that hasn't happened this spectacularly in nearly 800 years.

Jaffa's 4,000-year-old history is buried beneath its streets.

Ancient Egyptians got those baboons from somewhere.

An epic nighttime skydive saw Red Bull Air Force's Amy Chmelecki and teammates don pyrotechnics to highlight – literally – the importance of astronomy and dark skies in a rural region of Texas.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted beginning Sunday (Dec. 20) night local time, with dramatic lava fountains and huge puffs of gas and steam being launched from the summit crater called Halema'uma'u.

Astronomers discover one of the longest filaments of the cosmic web. And it may help solve the puzzle of the universe's missing matter.