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Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon

Вс, Июнь 24, 2018 - 7:30

Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence.

Curiosity s Dusty Self

Сб, Июнь 23, 2018 - 8:30

Winds on Mars can't actually blow spacecraft over. But in the low gravity, martian winds can loft fine dust particles in planet-wide storms, like the dust storm now raging on the Red Planet.

Астрономическая неделя с 25 июня по 1 июля 2018 года

Пт, Июнь 22, 2018 - 9:12

На данной неделе Меркурий пройдет в 5 градусах к югу от Поллукса, долгопериодические переменные звезды V Волопаса (6m), R Змеи (6m), R Водолея..

Galaxy in a Crystal Ball

Пт, Июнь 22, 2018 - 8:30

A small crystal ball seems to hold a whole galaxy in this creative snapshot. Of course, the galaxy is our own Milky Way. Its luminous central bulge marked by rifts of interstellar dust spans thousands of light-years. On this long..

Публичная лекция «С чего начинается Земля: как построить планетную систему»

Чт, Июнь 21, 2018 - 16:09

Northern Lights and Noctilucent Clouds

Чт, Июнь 21, 2018 - 8:30

Skies after the near-solstice sunset on June 17 are reflected in this calm lake. The tranquil twilight scene was captured near Bashaw, Alberta, Canada, northern planet Earth. Usually spotted at high latitudes in summer months, night..

Календарь наблюдателя на июль 2018 года

Ср, Июнь 20, 2018 - 16:01

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника, освещающего астрономические явления и небесные тела,

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..