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Strawberry Moon over the Temple of Poseidon

Вт, Июнь 18, 2019 - 8:30

Did you see the full moon last night? If not, tonight's nearly full moon should be almost as good. Because full moons are opposite the Sun, they are visible in the sky when the Sun is not -- which should be nearly all night..

Milky Way over Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent

Пн, Июнь 17, 2019 - 8:30

To see the feathered serpent descend the Mayan pyramid requires exquisite timing. You must visit El Castillo -- in Mexico's YucatАn Peninsula -- near an equinox. Then, during the late afternoon if the sky is clear, the..

Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres

Вс, Июнь 16, 2019 - 8:30

What created this unusual mountain? There is a new theory. Ahuna Mons is the largest mountain on the largest known asteroid in our Solar System, Ceres, which orbits our Sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres

Вс, Июнь 16, 2019 - 8:30

Stereo Helene

Сб, Июнь 15, 2019 - 7:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to Helene, small, icy moon of Saturn. Appropriately named, Helene is one of four known Trojan moons, so called because it orbits at a Lagrange point. A Lagrange point is a gravitationally..

Астрономическая неделя с 17 по 23 июня 2019 года

Пт, Июнь 14, 2019 - 8:31

На данной неделе 18 июня Меркурий пройдет в 0,2 гр. севернее Марса, 19 июня произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,97-) Сатурна при видимости в Африке,..

NGC 4676: The Mighty Mice

Пт, Июнь 14, 2019 - 8:30

These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as The Mice because they have such long tails, each large spiral galaxy has actually passed through the other. Their long tails are drawn out by strong gravitational tides..

Лекция в Зарядье “В объятьях звезды по имени Солнце”

Чт, Июнь 13, 2019 - 17:46

Как “настроение” звезды, вокруг которой обращается Земля, передается нашей планете и ее обитателям? Старший преподаватель Сколтеха..

The Colors and Magnitudes of M13

Чт, Июнь 13, 2019 - 8:30

M13 is modestly recognized as the Great Globular Star Cluster in Hercules. A ball of stars numbering in the hundreds of thousands crowded into a region 150 light years across, it lies some 25,000 light-years away. The sharp, color

Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble

Ср, Июнь 12, 2019 - 7:30

Dust lanes seem to swirl around the core of Messier 96 in this colorful, detailed portrait of the center of a beautiful island universe. Of course M96 is a spiral galaxy, and counting...

The Cave Nebula in Infrared from Spitzer

Вт, Июнь 11, 2019 - 8:30

What's happening in and around the Cave Nebula? To help find out, NASA's orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope looked into this optically-dark star-forming region in four colors of infrared light. The Cave Nebula...