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A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced.

• 21 января 2016, 15:39

Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars which makes it far more likely that life could be found there, the US space agency NASA said.

• 29 сентября 2015, 12:04

A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts successfully launched towards the International Space Station, marking the 500th manned launch in space travel history.

• 02 сентября 2015, 15:46

All eyes will be on the skies for a total solar eclipse expected to offer spectacular views, if only in the far northern Svalbard archipelago and Faroe Islands.

• 20 марта 2015, 13:55

The first complete solar eclipse of the year is going to take place on March 20, 15 hours prior to the astronomical spring in the Northern hemisphere - equinox.

• 15 марта 2015, 18:31

Many space objects remain undiscovered and some of them pose a threat to the Earth. Astrophysicist Victor Teifel says it is time to build a special station for detection of asteroids in Kazakhstan.

• 15 декабря 2014, 13:11

Rosetta mission had become a tale of heroics in deep space, with the secrets of the Solar System at stake.

• 18 ноября 2014, 10:52

Robot probe Philae uploaded a slew of data to Earth from a deep-space comet that it drilled into long after its onboard battery was feared to have died.

• 15 ноября 2014, 11:54

Europe's comet probe Philae was "working well" despite a rough-and-tumble touchdown that left it partly shadowed from battery-boosting sunlight.

• 14 ноября 2014, 12:45

2014 Perseid meteor shower will be visible in Kazakhstan at night today, August 13.

• 12 августа 2014, 21:21

The Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan has completed modernising its two telescopes.

• 24 июля 2014, 16:47

Construction on the world's largest optical telescope began with a bang, as workers demolished a hilltop in Chile's Atacama desert.

• 20 июня 2014, 23:27

Astronomers have spotted the "Godzilla" of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.

• 03 июня 2014, 13:15

Skywatchers in the United States and Canada could see a one-of-a-kind meteor shower late Friday night and early Saturday, astronomers say.

• 21 мая 2014, 13:51

A total lunar eclipse, the first since December 2011, will take place Tuesday with the Americas best placed to get a glimpse.

• 15 апреля 2014, 12:19

Waves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang have been detected for the first time, in a landmark discovery that adds to our understanding of how the universe was born.

• 18 марта 2014, 12:44

Astronomers have spotted the largest yellow star ever observed in our galaxy and 1,300 times larger than the sun.

• 13 марта 2014, 17:39

Australian astronomers on Sunday said they had found a star 13.6 billion years old, making it the most ancient star ever seen.

• 10 февраля 2014, 14:07

The coldest place in the universe -- just one degree above absolute zero, the temperatures at which all atoms freeze -- is the Boomerang Nebula.

• 01 ноября 2013, 10:42

Six Chinese scientists who were banned from a NASA astronomy conference are now welcome to register, resolving an international row over academic discrimination.

• 22 октября 2013, 12:17