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The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda

Сб, Октябрь 07, 2023 - 8:30

This picture of Andromeda shows not only where stars are now, but where stars will be. The big, beautiful Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is a spiral galaxy a mere 2.5 million light-years away. Image data...

Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe

Пт, Октябрь 06, 2023 - 21:30

How big is our universe? This question, among others, was debated by two leading astronomers in 1920 in what has since become known as astronomy's Great Debate. Many astronomers then believed that our Milky Way Galaxy was the..

Ring of Fire over Monument Valley

Чт, Октябрь 05, 2023 - 8:30

Tracking along a narrow path, the shadow of a new moon will race across North, Central, and South America, on October 14. When viewed from the shadow path the apparent size of the lunar disk will not quite completely cover the Sun though.

APOD: 2023 October 4 Б IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula

Ср, Октябрь 04, 2023 - 8:30

Does this nebula look like the head of a witch? The nebula is known popularly as the Witch Head Nebula because, it is said, the nebula's shape resembles a Halloween-style caricature of a witch's head. Exactly how, though, can be a topic..

Астрономическая неделя с 9 по 15 октября 2023 года

Вт, Октябрь 03, 2023 - 15:36

На данной неделе 14 октября произойдет кольцеобразное солнечное затмение при видимости в Америке

APOD: 2023 October 3 Б MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula

Вт, Октябрь 03, 2023 - 8:30

Do you see the hourglass shape -- or does it see you? If you can picture it, the rings of MyCn 18 trace the outline of an hourglass -- although one with an unusual eye in its center. Either way, the sands of time are running out for the..

APOD: 2023 October 2 Б Sprite Lightning in High Definition

Пн, Октябрь 02, 2023 - 8:30

Sometimes lightning occurs out near space. One such lightning type is red sprite lightning, which has only been photographed and studied on Earth over the past 25 years. The origins of all types of lightning remain topics for..

APOD: 2023 October 1 Б A Desert Eclipse

Вс, Октябрь 01, 2023 - 8:30

A good place to see a ring-of-fire eclipse, it seemed, would be from a desert. In a desert, there should be relatively few obscuring clouds and trees. Therefore late December of 2019, a group...

A Harvest Moon over Tuscany

Сб, Сентябрь 30, 2023 - 7:30

For northern hemisphere dwellers, September's Full Moon was the Harvest Moon. Reflecting warm hues at sunset, it rises behind cypress trees huddled on a hill top in Tuscany, Italy in this telephoto view from September 28.

Журнал Небосвод

Пт, Сентябрь 29, 2023 - 10:21

Журнал "Небосвод" для любителей астрономии и от любителей астрономии

Back from Bennu

Пт, Сентябрь 29, 2023 - 7:30

Back from asteroid 101955 Bennu, a 110-pound, 31-inch wide sample return capsule rests in a desert on planet Earth in this photo, taken at the Department of Defense Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City last Sunday, September 24.

The Deep Lagoon

Чт, Сентябрь 28, 2023 - 7:30

Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds inhabit the turbulent, cosmic depths of the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, The bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years distant. It makes for a popular stop on