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Total Solar Eclipse 2020

Чт, Январь 07, 2021 - 8:30

Along a narrow path crossing southern South America through Chile and Argentina, the final New Moon of 2020 moved in front of the Sun on December 14 in the year's only total solar eclipse.

Why are these sand dunes on Mars striped? No one is sure. The featured image shows striped dunes in Kunowsky Crater on Mars, photographed recently with the Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterБs HiRISE Camera. Many Martian dunes are known..

The Small Cloud of Magellan

Вт, Январь 05, 2021 - 8:30

What is the Small Magellanic Cloud? It has turned out to be a galaxy. People who have wondered about this little fuzzy patch in the southern sky included Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan...

Sprite Lightning at 100000 Frames Per Second

Пн, Январь 04, 2021 - 8:30

What causes sprite lightning? Mysterious bursts of light in the sky that momentarily resemble gigantic jellyfish have been recorded for over 30 years, but apart from a general association with positive cloud-to-ground lightning, their..

A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland

Вс, Январь 03, 2021 - 8:30

All of the other aurora watchers had gone home. By 3:30 am in Iceland, on a quiet September night, much of that night's auroras had died down. Suddenly, unexpectedly, a new burst of particles streamed down from space, lighting up the

21st Century Wet Collodion Moon

Сб, Январь 02, 2021 - 8:30

In the mid 19th century, one of the first photographic technologies used to record the lunar surface was the wet-plate collodion process, notably employed by British astronomer Warren De la Rue. To capture...

21st Century Wet Collodion Moon

Сб, Январь 02, 2021 - 8:30

Астрономическая неделя с 4 по 10 января 2021 года

Пт, Январь 01, 2021 - 14:19

На данной неделе 4 января произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,67-) звезды ню Девы (4,0m) при видимости на территории России (кроме Европейской ее..

Galaxies and the South Celestial Pole

Пт, Январь 01, 2021 - 8:30

The South Celestial Pole is easy to spot in star trail images of the southern sky. The extension of Earth's axis of rotation to the south, it's at the center of all the southern star trail arcs.

Trail of the Returner

Чт, Декабрь 31, 2020 - 8:30

Familiar stars of a northern winter's night shine in this night skyview, taken near Zhangye, Gansu, China and the border with Inner Mongolia. During the early hours of December 17 Orion is near...

Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction: The Movie

Ср, Декабрь 30, 2020 - 8:30

Yes, but have you seen a movie of Jupiter and Saturn's Great Conjunction? The featured time-lapse video was composed from a series of images taken from Thailand and shows the two giant planets as they angularly passed about a tenth of a degree..

Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse

Вт, Декабрь 29, 2020 - 8:30

What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? It appears dark in the region where people see the eclipse, because that's where the shadow of the Moon falls. The shadow...