Новости за 21.02.2017

Got snow? NASA’s new SnowEx campaign is taking a closer look at snow, an important source of freshwater for 60 million people in the U.S., and for 1.2 billion people worldwide.

NASA’s Cassini mission discovered active geysers at the south pole of Saturn’s moon and after several flybys it was determined that an ocean lies beneath its icy surface that has the potential to support life.

Air Force Col. Thatcher Cardon won the agency's "Space Poop Challenge," an effort to design better ways for astronauts to deal with bodily waste than the current super-absorbent diapers.

A gamma-ray signal emanating from the core of galaxy M31 has been detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. It “could indicate the presence of the mysterious stuff known as dark matter,” according to the NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.

The story of Copernicus' clash with the Church over the arrangement of heavenly bodies is often painted in black and white, but at the time, philosophy, science and religion were all mixed up.

A robotic Russian cargo ship will launch toward the International Space Station early Wednesday (Feb. 22), only to be followed hours later by the arrival of an unpiloted SpaceX cargo ship at the same cosmic destination. Here’s how to watch live.

This $199 robot kit can take three free forms, while teaching children some serious programing skills.

NASA is holding a news conference tomorrow (Feb. 22) to discuss "new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets," according to a statement from the agency.

So-called "recurring slope lineae" are a tantalizing feature on the slopes of Mars, but how do we go about exploring their potential life-giving qualities without contaminating them with our robots?