Новости из категории: astronet

APOD: 2025 February 12 Б Asteroid Bennu Holds the Building Blocks of Life

Ср, Февраль 12, 2025 - 10:30

What can a space rock tell us about life on Earth? NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made a careful approach to the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu in October of 2020 to collect surface samples. In September 2023, the robotic spaceship..

APOD: 2025 February 11 Б The Spider and the Fly

Вт, Февраль 11, 2025 - 8:30

Will the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud in the image center is actually an emission nebula...

APOD: 2025 February 10 Б Auroral Hummingbird over Norway

Пн, Февраль 10, 2025 - 8:30

Is this the largest hummingbird ever? Although it may look like a popular fluttering nectarivore, what is pictured is actually a beautifully detailed and colorful aurora, complete with rays reminiscent of feathers. This aurora...

APOD: 2025 February 9 Б Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles

Вс, Февраль 09, 2025 - 9:30

What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sized

Соединение полумесяцев

Сб, Февраль 08, 2025 - 8:30

Полумесяцы растущей Луны и убывающей Венеры находятся в противоположных углах снимка, сделанного в сумерках с помощью

A Conjunction of Crescents

Сб, Февраль 08, 2025 - 7:30

A waxing crescent Moon and a waning crescent Venus are found at opposite corners of this twilight telephoto field of view. The close conjunction of the two brightest celestial beacons in planet Earth's western evening sky was captured on..

LEDA 1313424: The Bullseye Galaxy

Пт, Февраль 07, 2025 - 8:30

The giant galaxy cataloged as LEDA 1313424 is about two and a half times the size of our own Milky Way. Its remarkable appearance in this recently released Hubble Space Telescope image strongly suggests its nickname "The Bullseye Galaxy".

IC 2574: Coddington’s Nebula

Чт, Февраль 06, 2025 - 8:30

Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. But small, irregular galaxies form stars too. In fact dwarf galaxy IC 2574 shows clear evidence..

IC 2574: Coddington’s Nebula

Чт, Февраль 06, 2025 - 8:30

APOD: 2025 February 5 Б Comet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill

Ср, Февраль 05, 2025 - 8:30

Where is Comet ATLAS going? In the featured time-lapse video, the comet is not itself moving very much, but the Earth's rotation makes it appear to be setting over a hill. The Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) sequence was captured with an..

APOD: 2025 February 4 Б Anticrepuscular Rays: A Rainbow Fan over Spain

Вт, Февраль 04, 2025 - 7:30

Yes, but can your rainbow do this? Late in the day, the Sun set as usual toward the west. However, on this day, the more interesting display was 180 degrees around -- toward the east. There, not only was a rainbow visible, but an..

Photometry of the Classical Nova V1112 Per

Пн, Февраль 03, 2025 - 13:51

High precision photometric observations of the bright Nova V1112 Per at early stages after its outburst are presented. We found the time of the star's maximum brightness, estimated its interstellar extinction using empirical formulas...