Новости за 09.02.2016

Even though we are aware of the inevitability of death, we don't expect it to literally strike out of an empty sky.

Australia’s Parkes radio telescope looked through the dust and gas of our Milky Way galaxy to observe 883 galaxies, “a third of which had never been seen before," according to the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR).

A new telescope view has revealed hundreds of galaxies that were previously obscured by the Milky Way's bulk.

President Barack Obama is unveiling his budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year today and it includes a $19 billion request for NASA, down from the $19.3 billion enacted for 2016.

Orbiting aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Tim Peake captured flashes of lightning while passing from North Africa, across Turkey and over Russia.

The White House’s 2017 budget request will build on the Pentagon’s $5.5 billion effort to protect national security satellites, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Feb. 2.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency said it held a successful flight test of its ground-based interceptor on Jan. 28, as part of an effort to correct long-standing problems with the missile’s kill vehicle.

SpaceX is a private spaceflight company that regularly delivers payloads to the International Space Station via its Dragon spacecraft.

Falcon 9 lifts SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to the ISS.

Three new space-themed Lego sets will satisfy your stellar imagination, whether you love building model observatories or helping the Avengers save the universe.

More gravitational wave discovery rumors are flying, but this time they've taken a specific – and, possibly, really exciting – new twist.

A strike by a medium-size asteroid on land (as opposed to at sea) could cause average global temperatures to plunge to Ice Age levels, and lead to steep drops in precipitation and plant productivity, among other effects, a new study suggests.

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, answered a lot of dumb questions from the media — and in this beautifully animated audio interview with Gloria Steinem, she discusses her responses, the future of spaceflight and what she felt during launch.

Move over, Kirk, "Star Trek" has a new captain now. CBS Studios has tapped "Hannibal" creator Bryan Fuller - a veteran Trek writer - as a co-creator for its new Trek TV series launching in 2017.

Satellite fleet operator SES on Feb. 8 said it is targeting Feb. 24 for the launch of its SES-9 telecommunications satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full-Thrust rocket, a launch that has been repeatedly delayed since September.

A brief explanation of what NASA does and how they do it. Part of the 2017 NASA budget release.

The Obama Administration's final budget request, released Feb. 9, offers $19 billion for NASA in fiscal year 2017, a decrease of $300 million from the agency’s final 2016 budget.

Tuesday's briefing begins with a report that the North Korean satellite launched over the weekend is tumbling in orbit.