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Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams

Вт, Февраль 06, 2018 - 7:30

What's happening to galaxy NGC 474? The multiple layers of emission appear strangely complex and unexpected given the relatively featureless appearance of the elliptical galaxy in less deep images. The cause...

NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula Expanding

Пн, Февраль 05, 2018 - 8:30

It's the bubble versus the cloud. NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, is being pushed out by the stellar wind of massive star BD+602522, visible in blue toward the right, inside the nebula. Next door, though, lives a giant molecular cloud,

Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun

Вс, Февраль 04, 2018 - 8:30

An unusual type of solar eclipse occurred in 2012. Usually it is the Earth's Moon that eclipses the Sun. That year, most unusually, the planet Venus took a turn. Like a solar eclipse by the Moon, the phase of Venus became a..

Earthshadow and the Beehive

Сб, Февраль 03, 2018 - 8:30

The Earth's dark umbral shadow is shaped like a cone extending into space. Of course its circular cross section at the distance of the Moon is more easily seen during a lunar eclipse.

Астрономическая неделя с 5 по 11 февраля 2018 года

Пт, Февраль 02, 2018 - 9:55

На данной неделе Луна в фазе последней четверти пройдет близ Юпитера, 9 февраля при фазе 0,35- - близ Марса, 11 февраля - при фазе 0,16- - близ..

Moonrise Eclipse

Пт, Февраль 02, 2018 - 7:30

This atmospheric picture of a distant horizon looks toward the tall Trisul peaks of India's snowy Himalayan mountains. Taken from a remote location on January 31, brightest star Sirius shines at the upper right. The red Moon rising is..

Moonset Eclipse

Чт, Февраль 01, 2018 - 8:30

Near the closest point in its orbit, the second Full Moon of the month occurred on January 31. So did the first Total Lunar Eclipse of 2018, as the Moon slid through planet Earth's shadow.

The First Explorer

Ср, Январь 31, 2018 - 8:30

Sixty years ago, on January 31, 1958, the First Explorer was successfully launched by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency on a Jupiter-C rocket. Inaugurating the era of space exploration for the United States, Explorer...

Venus at Night in Infrared from Akatsuki

Вт, Январь 30, 2018 - 8:30

Why is Venus so different from Earth? To help find out, Japan launched the robotic Akatsuki spacecraft which entered orbit around Venus late in 2015 after an unplanned five-year adventure around the inner Solar System.

The Spider and The Fly

Пн, Январь 29, 2018 - 8:30

Will the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud on the left is actually an emission nebula labelled...

A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan

Вс, Январь 28, 2018 - 8:30

If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer during the total lunar eclipse in 2011 was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video from Tajikistan. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun,..

Laguna Starry Sky

Сб, Январь 27, 2018 - 8:30

Staring toward the heavens, one of the many lagunas in the Atacama Desert salt flat calmly reflects a starry night sky near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, planet Earth. Cosmic rifts of dust, star clouds, and nebulae of the central Milky Way..