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M95: Spiral Galaxy with an Inner Ring

Ср, Май 29, 2019 - 7:30

Why do some spiral galaxies have a ring around the center? First and foremost, M95 is one of the closer examples of a big and beautiful barred spiral galaxy. Visible in the featured combination...

Stars, Dust, and Gas near NGC 3572

Вт, Май 28, 2019 - 8:30

Star formation can be colorful. This chromatic cosmic portrait features glowing gas and dark dust near some recently formed stars of NGC 3572, a little-studied star cluster near the Carina Nebula. Stars from...

A Volcano of Fire under a Milky Way of Stars

Пн, Май 27, 2019 - 8:30

Sometimes it's hard to decide which is more impressive -- the land or the sky. On the land of the featured image, for example, the Volcano of Fire (VolcАn de Fuego) is seen erupting topped by red-hot, wind-blown ash and with streams of..

A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO

Вс, Май 26, 2019 - 8:30

One of the most spectacular solar sights is an erupting prominence. In 2011, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressively large prominence erupting from the surface. The dramatic explosion was captured in..

Planet of the Tajinastes

Сб, Май 25, 2019 - 7:34

What bizarre planet are these alien creatures from? It's only planet Earth, of course. The planet's home galaxy the Milky Way stretches across a dark sky in the panoramic, fisheye all-sky projection composed with a wide lens. But the..

Календарь наблюдателя на июнь 2019 года

Пт, Май 24, 2019 - 8:38

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела,..

Boulders on Bennu

Пт, Май 24, 2019 - 8:30

An abundance of boulders litters the surface asteroid 101955 Bennu in this dramatic close-up from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Taken on March 28 from a distance of just 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles) the field of view is about 50 meters across..

Астрономическая неделя с 27 мая по 2 июня 2019 года

Пт, Май 24, 2019 - 8:28

На данной неделе 27 мая - Луна (Ф= 0,4-) близ Нептуна, 29 мая - Церера (1) в противостоянии с Солнцем, а также продолжается период появления..

Moons Near Jupiter

Чт, Май 23, 2019 - 8:34

On May 20, a nearly Full Moon and Jupiter shared this telephoto field of view. Captured when a passing cloud bank dimmed the moonlight, the single exposure reveals the familiar face of our fair planet's own large natural satellite, along

Primordial Contact Binary 2014 MU69

Ср, Май 22, 2019 - 8:30

Primordial contact binary 2014 MU69, also known as Ultima Thule, really is very red. In fact, it's the reddest outer solar system object ever visited by a spacecraft from Earth. Its reddish hue is believed to be due to organic materials on..

Deep Field: Nebulae of Sagittarius

Вт, Май 21, 2019 - 8:30

These three bright nebulae are often featured on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the..

Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins

Пн, Май 20, 2019 - 8:30

How does your favorite planet spin? Does it spin rapidly around a nearly vertical axis, or horizontally, or backwards? The featured video animates NASA images of all eight planets in our Solar System to show them spinning side-by-side..