Новости за 21.09.2017

An American spy satellite will launch on a clandestine mission early Friday (Sept. 22), and you can follow the spaceflight action live. Liftoff is set for 1:38 a.m. EDT (0538 GMT; 10:38 p.m. local California time).

The differentiation of oceanic and continental crust could date back 3.5 billion years.

The nominee to be the next administrator of NASA says that he believes the agency's top challenges include maintaining "consistency and constancy of purpose" that can support long-term plans, while building up international and commercial relationships.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is zooming through the outer solar system with its eyes open once again.

Stratolaunch announced Sept. 19 that the company has achieved another milestone in the development of a unique giant aircraft that will serve as a launch platform.

Not one but two gigantic black holes lurk at the heart of the distant spiral galaxy NGC 7674, a new study suggests.

After already traveling millions of miles into space, a NASA asteroid probe will soon return to Earth to take advantage of the planet's gravity.

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico remained offline today (Sept. 21) after Hurricane Maria battered the island on Wednesday (Sept. 20), leaving a trail of destruction that included a total loss of power.

The annual Perseid meteor shower may be great, but it's got nothing on the brief sky show that Comet Siding Spring gave Mars in October 2014.

While Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico with pounding rainfall and dangerously strong winds yesterday (Sept. 20), astronauts at the International Space Station experienced the storm from a far more serene location roughly 250 miles above Earth.

The highest-energy cosmic rays to bombard Earth apparently come from galaxies far, far away, a new study finds.

The Cassini mission at Saturn lasted more than twice as long as it was supposed to. What's the secret to its long life?