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Three Tails of Comet NEOWISE

Пн, Март 08, 2021 - 8:30

What created the unusual red tail in Comet NEOWISE? Sodium. A spectacular sight back in the summer of 2020, Comet NEOWISE, at times, displayed something more than just a surprisingly striated white dust tail and a pleasingly patchy..

Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared

Вс, Март 07, 2021 - 8:30

Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image...

Персеверанс поворачивает

Сб, Март 06, 2021 - 8:30

Прибыв в кратер Езеро на Марсе, марсоход Персеверанс 4 марта начал движение. Это четкое изображение получено камерой Navcam марсохода..

Perseverance Takes a Spin

Сб, Март 06, 2021 - 8:30

After arriving at Jezero Crater on Mars, Perseverance went for a spin on March 4. This sharp image from the car-sized rover's Navcam shows tracks left by its wheels in the martian soil. In preparation for operations on the surface of the..

A Little Like Mars

Пт, Март 05, 2021 - 8:30

The surface of this planet looks a little like Mars. It's really planet Earth though. In a digitally stitched little planet projection, the 360 degree mosaic was captured near San Pedro in the Chilean Atacama desert. Telescopes in..

Астрономическая неделя с 8 по 14 марта 2021 года

Пт, Март 05, 2021 - 7:12

На данной неделе 8 марта произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,29-) звезды сигма Стрельца (2,1m) при видимости в Сибири. 10 марта Луна (Ф= 0,11-)..

Mars in Taurus

Чт, Март 04, 2021 - 7:30

You can spot Mars in the evening sky tonight. Now home to the Perseverance rover, the Red Planet is presently wandering through the constellation Taurus, close on the sky to the Seven Sisters or Pleiades star cluster.

Stars over an Erupting Volcano

Ср, Март 03, 2021 - 8:30

Mt. Etna has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. Located in Sicily, Italy, the volcano produces lava fountains over one kilometer high. Mt. Etna is not only one of the most active...

Ingenuity: A Mini Helicopter Now on Mars

Вт, Март 02, 2021 - 8:30

What if you could fly around Mars? NASA may have achieved that capability last month with the landing of Perseverance, a rover which included a small flight-worthy companion called Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny. Even though...

The Pelican Nebula in Red and Blue

Пн, Март 01, 2021 - 7:30

The Pelican Nebula is changing. The entire nebula, officially designated IC 5070, is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The Pelican, however, is particularly interesting..

The Aurora Tree

Вс, Февраль 28, 2021 - 8:30

Yes, but can your tree do this? Pictured is a visual coincidence between the dark branches of a nearby tree and bright glow of a distant aurora. The beauty of the aurora -- combined with...

Perseverance Landing Site from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Сб, Февраль 27, 2021 - 8:30

Seen from orbit a day after a dramatic arrival on the martian surface, the Perseverance landing site is identified in this high-resolution view from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter's camera image also...