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The Milky Way over Snow Capped Himalayas

Вт, Май 26, 2020 - 8:30

WhatБs higher than the Himalayas? Although the Himalayan Mountains are the tallest on planet Earth, they don't measure up to the Milky Way. Visible above the snow-capped mountains in the featured image is the arcing central band of..

Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed

Пн, Май 25, 2020 - 8:31

Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying it. The huge monster, actually an inanimate series of pillars of gas and dust, measures light years in length.

Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars

Вс, Май 24, 2020 - 8:30

The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers..

Ghost Fungus to Magellanic Cloud

Сб, Май 23, 2020 - 7:31

Stars shine and satellites glint in this clear, dark, night sky over Wannon Falls Reserve, South West Victoria, Australia. In fact the fuzzy, faint apparition above the tree tops is the only cloud visible, also known as the Large Magellanic..

South of Carina

Пт, Май 22, 2020 - 8:30

With natal dust clouds in silhouette against glowing atomic gas, this colorful and chaotic vista lies within one of the largest star forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy, the Great Carina Nebula.

Календарь наблюдателя на июнь 2020 года

Пт, Май 22, 2020 - 7:11

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела,..

Астрономическая неделя с 25 по 31 мая 2020 года

Пт, Май 22, 2020 - 7:07

На данной неделе 25 мая Луна (Ф= 0,10+) пройдет точку максимального склонения к северу от небесного экватора, а 26 мая долгопериодическая..

Phases of Venus

Чт, Май 21, 2020 - 8:30

Just as the Moon goes through phases, Venus' visible sunlit hemisphere waxes and wanes. This composite of backyard telescopic images illustrates the steady changes for Venus during its current stint as our evening star, as the inner planet..

Moon, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Milk Way

Ср, Май 20, 2020 - 7:30

It is not a coincidence that planets line up. That's because all of the planets orbit the Sun in (nearly) a single sheet called the plane of the ecliptic. When viewed from inside that plane -- as Earth dwellers are likely to do --

Posters of the Solar System

Вт, Май 19, 2020 - 7:30

Would you like a NASA astronomy-exploration poster? You are just one page-print away. Any of the panels you see on the featured image can appear on your wall. Moreover, this NASA page has, typically, several more posters of each..

Journey into the Cosmic Reef

Пн, Май 18, 2020 - 8:30

What would you see if you could fly into the Cosmic Reef? The nebular cloud NGC 2014 appear to some like an ocean reef that resides in the sky, specifically in the LMC, the largest satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.

A Waterspout in Florida

Вс, Май 17, 2020 - 8:30

What's happening over the water? Pictured here is one of the better images yet recorded of a waterspout, a type of tornado that occurs over water. Waterspouts are spinning columns of rising moist air that typically form over warm..