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LL Ori and the Orion Nebula

Вс, Февраль 18, 2018 - 8:30

Stars can make waves in the Orion Nebula's sea of gas and dust. This esthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds features LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift...

City lights shine along the upper east side of Manahattan in this dramatic urban night skyscape from February 13. Composed from a series of digital exposures, the monochrome image is reminiscent of the time when sensitive black and white film..

Comet PanSTARRS is near the Edge

Пт, Февраль 16, 2018 - 8:30

The comet PanSTARRS, also known as the blue comet (C/2016 R2), really is near the lower left edge of this stunning, wide field view recorded on January 13. Spanning nearly 20 degrees on the sky, the cosmic landscape is explored by..

Астрономическая неделя с 19 по 25 февраля 2018 года

Чт, Февраль 15, 2018 - 17:14

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,2+) пройдет близ Урана, а Венера - в 0,5 гр. к югу от Нептуна, 22 февраля произойдет покрытие астероидом (1032) Pafuri на 9..

Enceladus in Silhouette

Чт, Февраль 15, 2018 - 8:30

One of our Solar System's most tantalizing worlds, Enceladus is backlit by the Sun in this Cassini spacecraft image from November 1, 2009. The dramatic illumination reveals the plumes that continuously spew into space from the south pole of

In the Heart of the Heart Nebula

Ср, Февраль 14, 2018 - 8:30

What's that inside the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a human heart. It's shape perhaps fitting of the Valentine's Day, this heart glows brightly in red light emitted by its most..

Car Orbiting Earth

Вт, Февраль 13, 2018 - 8:30

Last week, a car orbited the Earth. The car, created by humans and robots on the Earth, was launched by the SpaceX Company to demonstrate the ability of its Falcon Heavy Rocket to place spacecraft out in the Solar System.

Blue Comet Meets Blue Stars

Пн, Февраль 12, 2018 - 8:30

What's that heading for the Pleiades star cluster? It appears to be Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS), but here, appearances are deceiving. On the right and far in the background, the famous Pleiades star cluster is dominated by blue light..

A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay

Вс, Февраль 11, 2018 - 8:30

What's happened to the setting Sun? An eclipse! In early 2009, the Moon eclipsed part of the Sun as visible from parts of Africa, Australia, and Asia. In particular the featured image, taken from the Mall of Asia seawall, caught a..

Roadster, Starman, Planet Earth

Сб, Февраль 10, 2018 - 8:30

Don't panic. It's just a spacesuited mannequin named Starman. As the sunlit crescent of planet Earth recedes in the background, Starman is comfortably seated at the wheel of a Tesla Roadster in this final image of the payload launched by..