Новости за 20.01.2016

Worldwide temperature data from 1880 - 2015 has here been color-mapped and animated. 2015 – the warmest year for which scientists have data – beats 2014 (the previous record-holder) by .23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsius).

Are there Earth-like planets in a neighboring star system?

For the first time in over a decade, five planets will take center stage in the morning sky this week.

Scientists have found evidence of a true ninth planet in our solar system. Nicknamed "Planet Nine," the real-life Planet X appears to have the mass of 10 Earths and is 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune.

The biggest threats to safety at NASA might be low budgets and a relative lack of accountability, according to a new report by the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), which reports to NASA and Congress.

Scientists announced the discovery of a potential "Planet Nine" in our solar system on Jan. 20, 2016. See images of this strange giant world in our neighborhood here.

Researchers say an anomaly in the orbits of distant Kuiper Belt objects points to the existence of an unknown planet orbiting the sun.

Neptune’s existence was proposed before it was detected, based on how its mass affected the motion of Uranus. Now, a proposed planet – smaller than Neptune but larger than Earth – has been proposed.

A possible planet – larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune – orbiting the Sun once every 15,000 years, could explain the peculiar clumping of Kuiper Belt Objects in our solar system.

ESA astronaut Tim Peake explains the “mission-critical” vacuum system at the heart of the International Space Station’s "restroom."

Hours of patience by the photographer resulted in this superb image demonstrating the respective heights of clouds and auroras in the night sky.

The photo, which was taken on Oct. 27 but just released Tuesday (Jan. 19), shows the spherical Tethys and the lumpy Janus, whose disparate shapes are a direct result of their divergent sizes.

A newly released video shows Nimoy — best known to legions of dedicated "Star Trek" fans as Mr. Spock — calling the ferry flight that brought the shuttle Enterprise to New York City for museum display the "most thrilling, amazing sight."

World View Enterprises, which aims to loft paying customers to the stratosphere beneath a giant balloon, will do so from the newly approved Spaceport Tucson in southeastern Arizona, company representatives announced Tuesday (Jan. 19).

On April 27th, 2012, the prototype NASA orbiter made its final landing atop a 747 at John F. Kennedy International airport in New York. The footage is from the film "COPD Highly Illogical: A special tribute to Leonard Nimoy."

Zinnias have opened their petals for the first time on the International Space Station, and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly couldn't be prouder.

Astrophotographer Derek Demeter took this image of Comet Catalina in December, 2015 from Chiefland Florida.