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Planck Maps the Microwave Background

Вс, Июль 22, 2018 - 8:30

What is our universe made of? To help find out, ESA launched the Planck satellite from 2009 to 2013 to map, in unprecedented detail, slight temperature differences on the oldest optical surface known -- the background sky when our universe..

Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama

Сб, Июль 21, 2018 - 8:30

Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility.

Астрономическая неделя с 23 по 29 июля 2018 года

Пт, Июль 20, 2018 - 9:39

На данной неделе (насыщенной астрономическими явлениями) 27 июля наступит великое противостояние Марса при полном лунном затмении..

The Teapot and the Milky Way

Пт, Июль 20, 2018 - 8:30

The recognizable stars of the Teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius posed with the Milky Way over Death Valley, planet Earth on this quiet, dark night. The surreal scene was appropriately captured from Teakettle Junction, marked..

Cerealia Facula

Чт, Июль 19, 2018 - 8:30

Cerealia Facula, also known as the brightest spot on Ceres, is shown in this stunning mosaic close-up view. The high-resolution image data was recorded by the Dawn spacecraft, in a looping orbit, from altitudes as low as 34 kilometers (21..

Dark Slope Streaks Split on Mars

Ср, Июль 18, 2018 - 8:30

What is creating these dark streaks on Mars? No one is sure. Candidates include dust avalanches, evaporating dry ice sleds, and liquid water flows. What is clear is that the streaks occur through light surface dust and expose a..

Moon and Venus over Cannon Beach

Вт, Июль 17, 2018 - 8:30

What's that spot next to the Moon? Venus. Two days ago, the crescent Moon slowly drifted past Venus, appearing within just two degrees at its closest. This conjunction, though, was just...

Neutrino Associated with Distant Blazar Jet

Пн, Июль 16, 2018 - 8:30

With equipment frozen deep into ice beneath Earth's South Pole, humanity appears to have discovered a neutrino from far across the universe. If confirmed, this would mark the first clear detection of cosmologically-distant...

Rings Around the Ring Nebula

Вс, Июль 15, 2018 - 8:30

There is much more to the familiar Ring Nebula (M57), however, than can be seen through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure...

A Nibble on the Sun

Сб, Июль 14, 2018 - 8:30

The smallest of the three partial solar eclipses during 2018 was just yesterday, Friday, July 13. It was mostly visible over the open ocean between Australia and Antarctica. Still, this video frame...

Star Trails and the Bracewell Radio Sundial

Пт, Июль 13, 2018 - 8:30

Sundials use the location of a shadow to measure the Earth's rotation and indicate the time of day. So it's fitting that this sundial, at the Very Large Array Radio Telescope Observatory in New Mexico, commemorates the history of radio..