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Dragon Aurora over Iceland

Пн, Февраль 18, 2019 - 8:30

Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don't exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland earlier this month. The aurora was caused...

What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover currently exploring Mars. Opportunity explored the red planet from 2004 to 2018, finding evidence of ancient water, and sending..

NGC 2359: Thor s Helmet

Сб, Февраль 16, 2019 - 8:30

NGC 2359 is a helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages popularly called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet...

Opportunity at Perseverance Valley

Пт, Февраль 15, 2019 - 8:30

Opportunity had already reached Perseverance Valley by June of 2018. Its view is reconstructed in a colorized mosaic of images taken by the Mars Exploration Rover's Navcam. In fact, Perseverance Valley is an appropriate name for the..

Астрономическая неделя с 18 по 24 февраля 2018 года

Пт, Февраль 15, 2019 - 7:17

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,92+) достигнет восходящего узла своей орбиты (17 февраля), а на следующий день Венера пройдет в градусе севернее..

Solar System Family Portrait

Чт, Февраль 14, 2019 - 8:30

On Valentine's Day in 1990, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back one last time to make this first ever Solar System family portrait. The complete portrait is a 60 frame mosaic made from a vantage..

Областной Веговский семинар состоится 21 февраля 2019 г.

Ср, Февраль 13, 2019 - 21:19

Астрономическая школа «Вега» (АШ «Вега») приглашает Ваших представителей принять участие в очередном заседание постоянно..

The Helix Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen

Ср, Февраль 13, 2019 - 8:30

Is the Helix Nebula looking at you? No, not in any biological sense, but it does look quite like an eye. The Helix Nebula is so named because it also appears that you are looking down the axis of a helix.

Plane Crossing a Crescent Moon

Вт, Февраль 12, 2019 - 7:30

No, this is not a good way to get to the Moon. What is pictured is a chance superposition of an airplane and the Moon. The contrail would normally appear white, but the large volume of air toward the setting Sun preferentially knocks..

New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat

Пн, Февраль 11, 2019 - 8:30

Ultima Thule is not the object humanity thought that it was last month. When the robotic New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past the distant asteroid Ultima Thule (officially 2014 MU69) in early January, early images showed two circular..

Venus Unveiled

Вс, Февраль 10, 2019 - 8:30

What does Venus look like beneath its thick clouds? These clouds keep the planet's surface hidden from even the powerful telescopic eyes of Earth-bound astronomers. In the early 1990s, though, using imaging radar...