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North America and the Pelican

Чт, Сентябрь 08, 2022 - 7:30

Fans of our fair planet might recognize the outlines of these cosmic clouds. On the left, bright emission outlined by dark, obscuring dust lanes seems to trace a continental shape, lending the popular name North America Nebula to the..

Tarantula Stars R136 from Webb

Ср, Сентябрь 07, 2022 - 8:30

Near the center of a nearby star-forming region lies a massive cluster containing some of the largest and hottest stars known. Collectively known as star cluster NGC 2070, these stars are part of the vast Tarantula Nebula and were..

An Iridescent Pileus Cloud over China

Вт, Сентябрь 06, 2022 - 8:30

Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of..

Carina Cliffs from the Webb Space Telescope

Пн, Сентябрь 05, 2022 - 8:30

Stars created these cliffs. Specifically, the destructive winds and energetic light from the stars in the open cluster NGC 3324 eroded away part of a mountain of dark interstellar dust in the northern part of the Carina Nebula.

Sea and Sky Glows over the Oregon Coast

Вс, Сентябрь 04, 2022 - 8:30

Every step caused the sand to light up blue. That glow was bioluminescence -- a blue radiance that also lights the surf in this surreal scene captured in mid-2018 at Meyer's Creek Beach in Oregon, USA. Volcanic stacks dot the..

Sun and Moon and ISS

Сб, Сентябрь 03, 2022 - 8:30

On August 25 Sun and Moon could both be seen in planet Earth's daytime skies. And so could the International Space Station. The ISS crossed the disk of the waning crescent Moon as seen from Shunyi district, Beijing, China at about 11:02 am..

Астрономическая неделя с 5 по 11 сентября 2022 года

Пт, Сентябрь 02, 2022 - 17:47

На данной неделе 5 сентября Венера пройдет в 0,7 гр. севернее Регула, а 9 сентября наступит максимум действия метеорного потока..

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Пт, Сентябрь 02, 2022 - 8:30

Find the Big Dipper and follow the handle away from the dipper's bowl until you get to the last bright star. Then, just slide your telescope a little south and west and you'll come upon this stunning pair of interacting galaxies, the 51st..

The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

Чт, Сентябрь 01, 2022 - 8:30

Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula, the reddish glowing cloud of interstellar gas..

Siccar Point on Mars

Ср, Август 31, 2022 - 8:30

What created this unusual hill on Mars? No one is sure. A good outlook to survey the surrounding area, Siccar Point stands out from its surroundings in Gale Crater. The unusual mound was visited by the robotic Curiosity rover..

Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope

Вт, Август 30, 2022 - 8:30

This new view of Jupiter is illuminating. High-resolution infrared images of Jupiter from the new James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) reveal, for example, previously unknown differences between high-floating bright clouds -- including..