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A Road to the Stars

Вт, Март 15, 2022 - 7:30

Pictured -- a very scenic road to the stars. The road approaches La Silla Observatory in Chile, with the ESO's 3.6-meter telescope just up ahead. To the left are some futuristic-looking support structures...

Star Formation in the Eagle Nebula

Пн, Март 14, 2022 - 7:30

Where do stars form? One place, star forming regions known as "EGGs", are being uncovered at the end of this giant pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula (M16). Short for evaporating gaseous globules, EGGs are dense regions..

Colorful Airglow Bands Surround Milky Way

Вс, Март 13, 2022 - 8:30

Why would the sky glow like a giant repeating rainbow? Airglow. Now air glows all of the time, but it is usually hard to see. A disturbance however -- like an approaching storm -- may cause noticeable rippling in the Earth's..

Point Reyes Milky Way

Сб, Март 12, 2022 - 8:30

Northern winter constellations and a long arc of the Milky Way are setting in this night skyscape looking toward the Pacific Ocean from Point Reyes on planet Earth's California coast. Sirius, alpha star of Canis Major, is prominent below..

When Rainbows Smile

Пт, Март 11, 2022 - 7:30

Want to see a rainbow smile? Look near the zenith (straight up) when the sun is low in the sky and you might. This example of an ice halo known as a circumzenithal arc was captured above a palm tree top from Ragusa, Sicily on February 24.

Астрономическая неделя с 14 по 20 марта 2022 года

Пт, Март 11, 2022 - 6:49

На данной неделе 14 марта Луна (Ф= 0,84+) пройдет севернее рассеянного звездного скопления Ясли (М44), а 20 марта наступит весеннее..

Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc

Чт, Март 10, 2022 - 8:30

Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega..

A Flower Shaped Rock on Mars

Ср, Март 09, 2022 - 8:30

It is one of the more unusual rocks yet found on Mars. Smaller than a penny, the rock has several appendages that make it look, to some, like a flower. Although it would...

Moon in Inverted Colors

Вт, Март 08, 2022 - 11:30

Which moon is this? It's Earth's moon -- but in inverted colors. Here, the pixel values corresponding to light and dark areas have been translated in reverse, or inverted, producing a false-color representation reminiscent of a black..

A Lion in Orion

Пн, Март 07, 2022 - 10:30

Yes, but can you see the lion? A deep exposure shows the famous dark indentation that looks like a horse's head, visible just left and below center, and known unsurprisingly as the Horsehead Nebula. The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is..

Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun

Вс, Март 06, 2022 - 8:30

This was a very unusual type of solar eclipse. Typically, it is the Earth's Moon that eclipses the Sun. In 2012, though, the planet Venus took a turn. Like a solar eclipse by the Moon, the phase of Venus became a continually..

Interstellar Comet 2I Borisov

Сб, Март 05, 2022 - 8:30

From somewhere else in the Milky Way galaxy, Comet 2I/Borisov was just visiting the Solar System. Discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov on August 30, 2019, the first known interstellar comet is seen in these two Hubble Space..