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Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared

Ср, Июнь 20, 2018 - 8:30

Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image...

Ancients of Sea and Sky

Вт, Июнь 19, 2018 - 8:30

They may look like round rocks, but they're alive. Moreover, they are modern versions of one of the oldest known forms of life: stromatolites. Fossils indicate that stromatolites appeared on Earth about 3.7 billion years ago -- even..

An Active Prominence on the Sun

Пн, Июнь 18, 2018 - 7:30

Sometimes the Sun's surface becomes a whirlwind of activity. Pictured is a time-lapse video of the Sun's surface taken over a two hour period in early May, run both forwards and backwards. The Sun's surface was blocked out so that details..

Mars Engulfed

Вс, Июнь 17, 2018 - 8:30

What's happened to Mars? In 2001, Mars underwent a tremendous planet-wide dust storm -- one of the largest ever recorded from Earth. To show the extent, these two Hubble Space Telescope storm watch images from late June and early..

Dusty With a Chance of Dust

Сб, Июнь 16, 2018 - 8:30

It's storm season on Mars. Dusty with a chance of dust is the weather report for Gale crater as a recent planet-scale dust storm rages. On June 10 looking toward the east-northeast crater rim, the Curiosity rover's Mastcam captured this..

Астрономическая неделя с 18 по 24 июня 2018 года

Пт, Июнь 15, 2018 - 10:16

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,25+) пройдет севернее Регула (18 июня), а 19 июня Нептун достигнет стояния с переходом к попятному движению. В..

Little Planet Soyuz

Пт, Июнь 15, 2018 - 8:30

Engines blazing, a large rocket bids farewell to this little planet. Of course, the little planet is really planet Earth and the large rocket is a Soyuz-FG rocket. Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 6 it carried a..

Six Planets from Yosemite

Чт, Июнь 14, 2018 - 8:30

The five naked-eye planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, have been seen since ancient times to wander the night skies of planet Earth. So it could be remarkable that on this night, standing at the side of a clear, calm lake, six..

Red Cloudbow over Delaware

Ср, Июнь 13, 2018 - 8:30

What kind of rainbow is this? In this case, no rain was involved -- what is pictured is actually a red cloudbow. The unusual sky arc was spotted last month during sunset in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA.

Star Size Comparison 2

Вт, Июнь 12, 2018 - 8:30

How big is our Sun compared to other stars? In dramatic and popular videos featured on YouTube, the relative sizes of planets, stars, and even the universe are shown from smallest to largest. The featured video begins with Earth's Moon..

At Last GLAST

Пн, Июнь 11, 2018 - 8:30

Rising through a billowing cloud of smoke, a long time ago from a planet very very close by, this Delta II rocket left Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's launch pad 17-B at 12:05 pm EDT on June 11, 2008. Snug in the payload section was..

The Cats Eye Nebula from Hubble

Вс, Июнь 10, 2018 - 8:30

To some, it may look like a cat's eye. The alluring Cat's Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand light-years from Earth across interstellar space. A classic planetary nebula, the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a final, brief yet