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Earth Flyby of BepiColombo

Пн, Май 04, 2020 - 7:30

What it would look like to approach planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by ESA's and JAXA's robotic BepiColombo spacecraft last month as it swung back past Earth on its journey in to the planet Mercury.

A Message from Earth

Вс, Май 03, 2020 - 8:30

What are these Earthlings trying to tell us? The featured message was broadcast from Earth towards the globular star cluster M13 in 1974. During the dedication of the Arecibo Observatory - still one of the largest single radio..

Radio, The Big Ear, and the WOW Signal

Сб, Май 02, 2020 - 8:30

Since the early days of radio and television we have been freely broadcasting signals into space. For some time now, we have been listening too. A large radio telescope at Ohio State University known as affectionately The Big Ear was..

Журнал “Небосвод” за июнь 2020 года

Пт, Май 01, 2020 - 11:40

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

Астрономическая неделя с 4 по 10 мая 2020 года

Пт, Май 01, 2020 - 10:53

На данной неделе 4 мая Меркурий окажется в верхнем соединении с Солнцем, 5 мая Луна (Ф= 0,96+) пройдет севернее Спики, а долгопериодическая..

A View Toward M106

Пт, Май 01, 2020 - 8:30

Big, bright, beautiful spiral, Messier 106 dominates this cosmic vista. The nearly two degree wide telescopic field of view looks toward the well-trained constellation Canes Venatici, near the handle of the Big Dipper. Also...

Andromeda Island Universe

Чт, Апрель 30, 2020 - 7:30

The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy some two and a half million light-years away. But without a telescope, even this immense spiral galaxy - spanning over 200,000 light years -..

The Ion Tail of New Comet SWAN

Ср, Апрель 29, 2020 - 8:30

Newly discovered Comet SWAN has already developed an impressive tail. The comet came in from the outer Solar System and has just passed inside the orbit of the Earth. Officially designated C/2020 F8 (SWAN)...

The Kepler 90 Planetary System

Вт, Апрель 28, 2020 - 8:30

Do other stars have planetary systems like our own? Yes -- one such system is Kepler-90. Cataloged by the Kepler satellite that operated from Earth orbit between 2009 and 2018, eight planets were discovered, giving Kepler-90 the..

Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturns Enceladus

Пн, Апрель 27, 2020 - 8:30

How will humanity first learn of extraterrestrial life? One possibility is to find it under the icy surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. A reason to think that life may exist there are long features -- dubbed tiger stripes -- that are..

Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe

Вс, Апрель 26, 2020 - 8:30

How big is our universe? This very question, among others, was debated by two leading astronomers 100 years ago today in what has become known as astronomy's Great Debate. Many astronomers then believed that our Milky Way Galaxy was..

Hubble s Cosmic Reef

Сб, Апрель 25, 2020 - 8:30

These bright ridges of interstellar gas and dust are bathed in energetic starlight. With its sea of young stars, the massive star-forming region NGC 2014 has been dubbed the Cosmic Reef. Drifting just...