Новости из категории: astronet

Orion and the Ocean of Storms

Сб, Декабрь 13, 2025 - 8:30

On December 5, 2022, a camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Beyond one of Orion's extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge..

USNO-B1.0 1491-0020709 - A New Double-mode High-Amplitude delta Scuti Star

Пт, Декабрь 12, 2025 - 13:40

We report a study of USNO-B1.0 1491-0020709, a high-amplitude delta Scuti-type star, based on an analysis of our CCD photometry. The object displays radial pulsations in two modes simultaneously: first overtone with P_1=0.185787(1) d and..

USNO-B1.0 1491-0020709 - A New Double-mode High-Amplitude delta Scuti Star

Пт, Декабрь 12, 2025 - 13:40

Северная огненная лисица

Пт, Декабрь 12, 2025 - 8:30

В финском мифе говорится, что когда полярная лисица бежит так быстро, что ее пушистый хвост касается гор, высекая искры, они долетают..

Northern Fox Fires

Пт, Декабрь 12, 2025 - 8:30

In a Finnish myth, when an arctic fox runs so fast that its bushy tail brushes the mountains, flaming sparks are cast into the heavens creating the northern lights. In fact the Finnish word "revontulet", a name for the aurora borealis or..

Galaxies in the River

Чт, Декабрь 11, 2025 - 8:30

Large galaxies grow by eating small ones. Even our own galaxy engages in a sort of galactic cannibalism, absorbing small galaxies that are too close and are captured by the Milky Way's gravity.

The Horsehead Nebula

Ср, Декабрь 10, 2025 - 7:30

Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, this dusty interstellar molecular cloud has by chance has assumed an immediately recognizable shape. Fittingly known as The Horsehead Nebula, it lies some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the..

Light Elements and Other Photometric Parameters for Twenty Two Variable Stars

Вт, Декабрь 09, 2025 - 13:04

Light Elements and Other Photometric Parameters for Twenty Two Variable Stars

Вт, Декабрь 09, 2025 - 13:04

APOD: 2025 December 9 Б The Heart of the Soul Nebula

Вт, Декабрь 09, 2025 - 8:30

This cosmic close-up looks deep inside the Soul Nebula. The dark and brooding dust clouds outlined by bright ridges of glowing gas are cataloged as IC 1871. About 25 light-years across, the telescopic field of view spans only a small..

APOD: 2025 December 8 Б Flying Over the Earth at Night

Пн, Декабрь 08, 2025 - 8:30

Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. Such visual spectacles occur every day for astronauts in low Earth orbit, but the featured video captured several from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2011 and set them..