Новости за 05.07.2016

Forty years ago a signal sent from Mars led to the opening of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Last week, another broadcast from space prompted the debut of the museum's newly-renovated exhibit hall.

"Celestial harmonic motion" was captured for the first time by NASA's Juno mission. As the probe approached Jupiter, it snapped imagery of the four Galilean moons, providing the first-ever complete view of cosmic bodies orbiting another.

The red planet could provide insight into how the atmospheres are stripped off of distant, comet-like exoplanets.

A crowdfunded campaign to sell illustrated posters of every item that flew to the moon on Apollo 11 has raised almost 15 times its initial goal, with more than two weeks until the campaign ends.

Thousands of years ago, stone constructions built as tombs may have also been used to observe the night sky and track the movements of the stars.

Could an immersive virtual-reality environment like the fictional Holodeck in "Star Trek" help people tackle global problems like climate change or drug policy?

Black holes are the ultimate believers in personal privacy, refusing to allow any information about them to escape into space. Rather than searching with their eyes, however, scientists have found a way to peer inside them using math.

Just minutes after Juno entered orbit around Jupiter late Monday night (July 4), Google's search page began showcasing a "doodle" celebrating the accomplishment.

The people behind NASA's Juno mission rode a wave of emotions Monday night (July 4) as the spacecraft approached Jupiter and then, after a picture-perfect, 35-minute engine burn, became just the second probe ever to enter orbit around the giant planet.

Saturn's biggest moon, Titan, might possess the kind of chemistry that could eventually lead to life (albeit without water), a new study finds.

In the weeks leading up to the s arrival at Jupiter Monday night (July 4), Juno captured a stunning video of the four Galilean moons — Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io — circling the giant planet in a first-of-its-kind view of celestial dynamics.