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Pan STARRS Across the Lagoon

Чт, Апрель 25, 2019 - 7:31

Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds inhabit the turbulent, cosmic depths of the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, the bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years distant.

Форма Южного Краба

Ср, Апрель 24, 2019 - 8:30

Туманность Южный Краб выделяется своей сложной симметричной формой, похожей на вложенные друг в друга песочные часы. Туманность..

The Shape of the Southern Crab

Ср, Апрель 24, 2019 - 8:30

The symmetric, multi-legged appearance of the Southern Crab Nebula is certainly distinctive. About 7,000 light-years distant toward the southern sky constellation Centaurus, its glowing nested hourglass shapes are produced by the remarkable..

Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma

Вт, Апрель 23, 2019 - 8:30

Meteor showers are caused by streams of solid particles, dust size and larger, moving as a group through space. In most cases, the orbits of these meteor streams can be identified with dust expelled from a comet.

Mars Methane Mystery Deepens

Пн, Апрель 22, 2019 - 8:30

The methane mystery on Mars just got stranger. New results from ESA and Roscosmos' ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, has unexpectedly not detected methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This result follows the 2013 detection of methane by

Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide

Вс, Апрель 21, 2019 - 8:30

Admire the beauty but fear the beast. The beauty is the aurora overhead, here taking the form of great green spiral, seen between picturesque clouds with the bright Moon to the side and stars in the background. The beast is the wave..

Falcon Heavy Launch Close up

Сб, Апрель 20, 2019 - 8:30

Twenty seven Merlin rocket engines are firing in this close-up of the launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket. Derived from three Falcon 9 first stage rockets with nine Merlin rocket engines each, the Falcon Heavy left NASA's Kennedy Space Center..

Астрономическая неделя с 22 по 28 апреля 2019 года

Пт, Апрель 19, 2019 - 10:22

На данной неделе 22 апреля Уран вступит в соединение с Солнцем и наступит максимум действия метеорного потока Лириды с часовым зенитным..

Milky Way in Northern Spring

Пт, Апрель 19, 2019 - 7:30

A postcard from planet Earth, this springtime night skyscape looks over Alandan lake in the Alborz mountains. Taken after local midnight on April 17, the central Milky Way is rising over the region's southeast horizon. Its luminous track..

The Leo Trio

Чт, Апрель 18, 2019 - 8:30

This group is popular in the northern spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies gather in one field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, they can be introduced individually as NGC 3628..

Messier 81

Ср, Апрель 17, 2019 - 8:30

One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful Messier 81. Also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's galaxy for its 18th century discoverer, this grand spiral can be found toward the..

In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula

Вт, Апрель 16, 2019 - 8:30

Strange shapes and textures can be found in neighborhood of the Cone Nebula. The unusual shapes originate from fine interstellar dust reacting in complex ways with the energetic light and hot gas being expelled by the young stars.