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Flying Over the Earth at Night II

Пт, Апрель 23, 2021 - 7:30

Recorded during 2017, timelapse sequences from the International Space Station are compiled in this serene video of planet Earth at Night. Fans of low Earth orbit can start by enjoying the view as green and red aurora borealis slather up the..

Календарь наблюдателя на май 2021 года

Пт, Апрель 23, 2021 - 7:27

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела, доступные для наблюдений..

Астрономическая неделя с 26 апреля по 2 мая 2021 года

Пт, Апрель 23, 2021 - 7:21

На данной неделе 26 апреля Луна (Ф= 0,98+) пройдет севернее Спики. 27 апреля Луна (Ф= 1,0) будет находиться в перигее своей орбиты на расстоянии..

Planet Earth at Twilight

Чт, Апрель 22, 2021 - 8:30

No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth. Instead, the shadow line or terminator is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience..

Centaurus As Warped Magnetic Fields

Ср, Апрель 21, 2021 - 8:30

When galaxies collide -- what happens to their magnetic fields? To help find out, NASA pointed SOFIA, its flying 747, at galactic neighbor Centaurus A to observe the emission of polarized dust -- which traces magnetic fields.

Ingenuity: First Flight over Mars

Вт, Апрель 20, 2021 - 8:30

What's the best way to explore Mars? Perhaps there is no single best way, but a newly demonstrated method shows tremendous promise: flight. Powered flight has the promise to search vast regions and scout out particularly interesting areas..

The Galactic Center in Infrared

Пн, Апрель 19, 2021 - 8:30

What does the center of our galaxy look like? In visible light, the Milky Way's center is hidden by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras, penetrate much of the..

Rainbow Airglow over the Azores

Вс, Апрель 18, 2021 - 8:30

Why would the sky glow like a giant repeating rainbow? Airglow. Now air glows all of the time, but it is usually hard to see. A disturbance however -- like an approaching storm -- may cause noticeable rippling in the Earth's..

Inside the Flame Nebula

Сб, Апрель 17, 2021 - 8:30

The Flame Nebula is a stand out in optical images of the dusty, crowded star forming regions toward Orion's belt and the easternmost belt star Alnitak, a mere 1,400 light-years away. Alnitak is the bright star at the right edge of this..

Астрономическая неделя с 19 по 25 апреля 2021 года

Пт, Апрель 16, 2021 - 10:46

На данной неделе 19 апреля Меркурий достигнет верхнего соединения с Солнцем, а 20 апреля (02 часа 50 минут UT) спутники Юпитера Европа,..

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

Пт, Апрель 16, 2021 - 8:30

Light rays from accretion disks around a pair of orbiting supermassive black holes make their way through the warped space-time produced by extreme gravity in this stunning computer visualization. The simulated accretion disks have...

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

Чт, Апрель 15, 2021 - 8:30

Bright elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87) is home to the supermassive black hole captured by planet Earth's Event Horizon Telescope in the first ever image of a black hole. Giant of the Virgo...