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The Dance of Venus and Earth

Ср, Июнь 03, 2020 - 8:30

Every time Venus passes the Earth, it shows the same face. This remarkable fact has been known for only about 50 years, ever since radio telescopes have been able to peer beneath Venus' thick clouds and track its slowly rotating..

Novel Coronavirus Attacks Humanity

Вт, Июнь 02, 2020 - 7:30

Humanity is under attack. The attack is not from large tentacle-flailing aliens, but from invaders so small they can barely be seen, and so strange they are not even clearly alive. All over planet Earth, the human home world,

The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Пн, Июнь 01, 2020 - 7:30

The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a light-year long, have been formed by extreme stellar winds and..

Aurora over Sweden

Вс, Май 31, 2020 - 7:30

It was bright and green and stretched across the sky. This striking aurora display was captured in 2016 just outside of цstersund, Sweden. Six photographic fields were merged to create the featured panorama spanning almost 180 degrees.

Aurora over Sweden

Вс, Май 31, 2020 - 7:30

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.