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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...

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..

Астрономическая неделя с 7 по 13 марта 2022 года

Пт, Март 04, 2022 - 17:40

На данной неделе 7 марта произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,24+) звезды сигма Овна (5,5m) при видимости на большей части страны, а также..

The Multiwavelength Crab

Пт, Март 04, 2022 - 8:30

The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier's famous list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, expanding debris from massive star's death explosion,

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841

Чт, Март 03, 2022 - 8:30

A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This deep view of the gorgeous island universe was captured during 32 clear nights in November, December 2021 and..

Record Prominence Imaged by Solar Orbiter

Ср, Март 02, 2022 - 8:30

What's happened to our Sun? Last month, it produced the largest prominence ever imaged together with a complete solar disk. The record image, featured, was captured in ultraviolet light by the Sun-orbiting Solar Orbiter

Dueling Bands in the Night

Вт, Март 01, 2022 - 8:30

What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is the one on the right and is the central band of our Milky Way galaxy. Our Sun orbits...

Direct Projection: The Moon in My Hands

Пн, Февраль 28, 2022 - 8:30

You don't have to look through a telescope to know where it's pointing. Allowing the telescope to project its image onto a large surface can be useful because it dilutes the intense brightness of very bright sources. Such dilution is..