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A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia

Пн, Август 30, 2021 - 8:30

What's happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears parallel to the horizon.

A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia

Пн, Август 30, 2021 - 8:30

Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Вс, Август 29, 2021 - 8:30

Are asteroids dangerous? Some are, but the likelihood of a dangerous asteroid striking the Earth during any given year is low. Because some past mass extinction events have been linked to asteroid impacts, however, humanity has made it a..

Mars Rock Rochette

Сб, Август 28, 2021 - 8:30

Taken on mission sol 180 (August 22) this sharp image from a Hazard Camera on the Perseverance rover looks out across a rock strewn floor of Jezero crater on Mars. At 52.5 centimeters (21 inches) in diameter, one of the rover's steerable..

Астрономическая неделя с 30 августа по 5 сентября 2021 года

Пт, Август 27, 2021 - 11:26

На данной неделе 30 августа Луна (Ф= 0,52-) достигнет апогея своей орбиты на расстоянии 404100 км от центра Земли близ восходящего узла своей..

Elephant s Trunk and Caravan

Пт, Август 27, 2021 - 8:30

Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Story, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. Also known as vdB 142, seen on the..

A Blue Hour Full Moon

Чт, Август 26, 2021 - 7:30

Nature photographers and other fans of planet Earth always look forward to the blue hour. That's the transition in twilight, just before sunrise or after sunset, when the Sun is below the horizon but land and sky are still suffused with a..

Solar System Ball Drop

Ср, Август 25, 2021 - 8:30

Does a ball drop faster on Earth, Jupiter, or Uranus? The featured animation shows a ball dropping from one kilometer high toward the surfaces of famous solar system bodies, assuming no air resistance. The force of gravity depends on..

PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons

Вт, Август 24, 2021 - 8:30

It's not the big disk that's attracting the most attention. Although the big planet-forming disk around the star PDS 70 is clearly imaged and itself quite interesting. It's also not the planet on the right, just inside the big disk,..

Abell 3827: Cannibal Cluster Gravitational Lens

Пн, Август 23, 2021 - 8:30

Is that one galaxy or three? Toward the right of the featured Hubble image of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 3827 is what appears to be a most unusual galaxy -- curved and with three centers.

Explosions from White Dwarf Star RS Oph

Вс, Август 22, 2021 - 8:30

Spectacular explosions keep occurring in the binary star system named RS Ophiuchi. Every 20 years or so, the red giant star dumps enough hydrogen gas onto its companion white dwarf star to set off a brilliant thermonuclear explosion..

Triple Transit and Mutual Events

Сб, Август 21, 2021 - 8:30

These three panels feature the Solar System's ruling gas giant Jupiter on August 15 as seen from Cebu City, Phillipines, planet Earth. On that date the well-timed telescopic views detail some remarkable performances, transits and mutual..