Новости за 21.04.2017

The story of the historic probe's epic journey is told in the new documentary. Premieres Wed. August 23, 2017 on PBS.

President Trump signed into law this week a weather bill that includes provisions formally authorizing ongoing commercial satellite weather data projects and a study of future weather satellite needs.

Decades before Sally Ride became the first American woman in space, pilot Jerrie Cobb was part of a private initiative to select and train female space fliers.

Chat with "Albert Einstein" using a Facebook Messenger chatbot, released just in time for the March for Science.

Science superhero Bill Nye plans to save the world by cultivating a superpower that exists in everyone: critical thinking.

On April 22, people in hundreds of cities around the world will take part in the March for Science.

Observations of nearly 700 stars by the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia revealed no compelling signs of alien civilizations, representatives of the Breakthrough Listen project announced Thursday (April 20).

The Hubble Space Telescope, which launched into low Earth orbit on April 24, 1990, kicked off this year's birthday celebration with some dazzling new views of a pair of spiral galaxies.

New commercial crew spacecraft for the International Space Station could also serve as temporary shelters — or even fly crew home — if there were an emergency in space, NASA said.

If the sky is clear during the overnight hours late tonight (April 21) and very early Saturday morning (April 22), observers may expect to see a fine display of Lyrid meteors. Skywatchers can likely expect about 20 meteors per hour in clear, dark location

NASA's veteran Mars rover Opportunity has been driving across the Red Planet's surface for more than 13 years, but it's not done exploring yet.

The Slooh community observatory's live Lyrid meteor shower webcast starts tonight (April 21) at 5 p.m. ET. The observatory's Earth Day webcast will follow on Saturday (April 22) at 9 a.m. ET.

NASA Cassini Probe captured Earth from the Saturn system in 2017 and 2013. Close-ups of the images reveals the moon as well.

NASA celebrates Earth's beauty with images taken from space.

The Cassini spacecraft spotted Earth as a bright speck (and the moon as a smaller speck) between Saturn's broad rings as the craft prepares for its final dive into the ringed planet's atmosphere.