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Saturn and Six Moons

Вт, Июль 06, 2021 - 8:30

How many moons does Saturn have? So far 82 have been confirmed, the smallest being only a fraction of a kilometer across. Six of its largest satellites can be seen here in a composite...

IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula

Пн, Июль 05, 2021 - 8:30

Do you see the horse's head? What you are seeing is not the famous Horsehead nebula toward Orion but rather a fainter nebula that only takes on a familiar form with deeper imaging. The main part of the here imaged molecular..

The Face on Mars

Пн, Июль 05, 2021 - 1:30

Wouldn't it be fun if clouds were castles? Wouldn't it be fun if the laundry on the bedroom chair was a superhero? Wouldn't it be fun if rock mesas on Mars were interplanetary monuments to the human face? Clouds, though,..

Along the Milky Way

Пн, Июль 05, 2021 - 1:30

You can't walk along the Milky Way. Still, under a dark sky you can explore it. To the eye the pale luminous trail of light arcing through the sky on a dark, moonless night does appear to be a path through the heavens.

AR2835: Islands in the Photosphere

Пт, Июль 02, 2021 - 8:30

Awash in a sea of incandescent plasma and anchored in strong magnetic fields, sunspots are planet-sized dark islands in the solar photosphere, the bright surface of the Sun. Found in solar active regions, sunspots...

Астрономическая неделя с 5 по 11 июля 2021 года

Пт, Июль 02, 2021 - 8:22

На данной неделе 5 июля Луна (Ф= 0,17-) окажется в апогее своей орбиты на расстоянии 405340 км от центра Земли (близ звездного скопления..

Perseverance Selfie with Ingenuity

Чт, Июль 01, 2021 - 8:30

On sol 46 (April 6, 2021) the Perseverance rover held out a robotic arm to take its first selfie on Mars. The WATSON camera at the end of the arm was designed to take close-ups of martian rocks and surface details though, and not a quick..

Simulation: Formation of the First Stars

Ср, Июнь 30, 2021 - 8:30

How did the first stars form? To help find out, the SPHINX computer simulation of star formation in the very early universe was created, some results of which are shown in the featured video. Time since the Big Bang is shown in..

Журнал “Небосвод” за июль 2021 года

Вт, Июнь 29, 2021 - 17:22

Очередной номер журнала "Небосвод" для любителей астрономии и от любителей астрономии

Журнал “Небосвод” за июль 2021 года

Вт, Июнь 29, 2021 - 17:22

Очередной номер журнала "Небосвод" для любителей астрономии и от любителей астрономии

Orion Nebula: The Hubble View

Вт, Июнь 29, 2021 - 8:30

Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula. Also known as M42, the nebula's glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1,500 light-years away.