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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..

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..

Астрономическая неделя с 16 по 22 июля 2018 года

Пт, Июль 13, 2018 - 8:11

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,13+) пройдет севернее Венеры (отличная возможность найти планету на дневном небе невооруженным глазом), Луна..

Астрономическая неделя с 16 по 22 июля 2018 года

Пт, Июль 13, 2018 - 8:11

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,13+) пройдет севернее Венеры (отличная возможность найти планету на дневном небе невооруженным глазом), Луна..

Centaurus A

Чт, Июль 12, 2018 - 8:30

Only 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy also known as NGC 5128, is featured in this sharp telescopic view.

Symbiotic R Aquarii

Ср, Июль 11, 2018 - 8:30

You can see it change in brightness with just binoculars over the course of a year. Variable star R Aquarii is actually an interacting binary star system, two stars that seem to have a close, symbiotic relationship.