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Green Flashes: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury

Сб, Май 30, 2020 - 8:31

Follow a sunset on a clear day against a distant horizon and you might glimpse green just as the Sun disappears from view. The green flash is caused by refraction of light rays traveling to the eye over a long path through the atmosphere.

Mercury Meets Crescent Venus

Пт, Май 29, 2020 - 8:31

That's not a bright star and crescent Moon caught between branches of a eucalyptus tree. It's Venus in a crescent phase and Mercury. Near the western horizon after sunset, the two inner planets closely shared this telescopic field of view..

Астрономическая неделя с 1 по 7 июня 2020 года

Пт, Май 29, 2020 - 7:59

На данной неделе 3 июня Венера пройдет нижнее соединение с Солнцем, 4 июня Меркурий достигнет максимальной восточной (вечерней)..

Reflecting the International Space Station

Чт, Май 28, 2020 - 8:31

Still bathed in sunlight, the International Space Station arced through the evening sky over lake Wulfsahl-Gusborn in northern Germany, just after sunset on March 25. The familiar constellation of Orion can be seen left of the trail of the..

Earth and Moon through Saturns Rings

Ср, Май 27, 2020 - 8:30

What are those dots between Saturn's rings? Our Earth and Moon. Just over three years ago, because the Sun was temporarily blocked by the body of Saturn, the robotic Cassini spacecraft was able to look toward the inner Solar System.

The Milky Way over Snow Capped Himalayas

Вт, Май 26, 2020 - 8:30

WhatБs higher than the Himalayas? Although the Himalayan Mountains are the tallest on planet Earth, they don't measure up to the Milky Way. Visible above the snow-capped mountains in the featured image is the arcing central band of..

Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed

Пн, Май 25, 2020 - 8:31

Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying it. The huge monster, actually an inanimate series of pillars of gas and dust, measures light years in length.

Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars

Вс, Май 24, 2020 - 8:30

The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers..

Ghost Fungus to Magellanic Cloud

Сб, Май 23, 2020 - 7:31

Stars shine and satellites glint in this clear, dark, night sky over Wannon Falls Reserve, South West Victoria, Australia. In fact the fuzzy, faint apparition above the tree tops is the only cloud visible, also known as the Large Magellanic..

South of Carina

Пт, Май 22, 2020 - 8:30

With natal dust clouds in silhouette against glowing atomic gas, this colorful and chaotic vista lies within one of the largest star forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy, the Great Carina Nebula.