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Gamma rays and Comet Dust

Сб, Август 20, 2016 - 8:30

Gamma-rays and dust from periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle plowed through planet Earth's atmosphere on the night of August 11/12. Impacting at about 60 kilometers per second the grains of comet dust produced this year's remarkably active Perseid..

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» №4, 2016

Пт, Август 19, 2016 - 14:34

Астрономическая неделя с 22 по 28 августа 2016 года

Пт, Август 19, 2016 - 14:00

На данной неделе Меркурий проходит в 4 градусах южнее Юпитера, а Марс - в 4 градусах южнее Сатурна и в 2 градусах севернее Антареса...

Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater

Пт, Август 19, 2016 - 8:30

On the night of August 12, this bright Perseid meteor flashed above volcanic Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona, USA, planet Earth. Streaking along the summer Milky Way, its initial color is likely due to the shower meteor's

Perseid Night at Yosemite

Чт, Август 18, 2016 - 8:30

The 2016 Perseid meteor shower performed well on the night of August 11/12. The sky on that memorable evening was recorded from a perch overlooking Yosemite Valley, planet Earth, in this scene composed of 25 separate images selected from..

Meteor before Galaxy

Ср, Август 17, 2016 - 19:27

What's that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy last Friday, near the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, a sand-sized rock from deep space crossed right in front of our..

Five Planets and the Moon over Australia

Вт, Август 16, 2016 - 7:30

It is not a coincidence that planets line up. That's because all of the planets orbit the Sun in (nearly) a single sheet called the plane of the ecliptic. When viewed from inside that plane -- as Earth dwellers are likely to do --

Human as Spaceship

Пн, Август 15, 2016 - 8:30

You are a spaceship soaring through the universe. So is your dog. We all carry with us trillions of microorganisms as we go through life. These multitudes of bacteria, fungi, and archaea have different DNA than you.

The Keyhole in the Carina Nebula

Вс, Август 14, 2016 - 8:30

The dark dusty Keyhole Nebula gets its name from its unusual shape. The looping Keyhole, in this featured classic image by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a smaller region inside the larger Carina Nebula.

Perseid from Torralba del Burgo

Сб, Август 13, 2016 - 8:30

Perseid meteors rained on planet Earth last night. This year the stream of dust from periodic comet Swift-Tuttle has produced a stunningly active shower of bright cosmic streaks. In this 25 second long exposure...

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 августа 2016 года

Пт, Август 12, 2016 - 19:55

На данной неделе долгопериодическая переменная звезда R Дракона находится близ максимума блеска (6,5m), а Меркурий достигает восточной..

The Easterbunny Comes to NGC 4725

Пт, Август 12, 2016 - 8:30

At first called "Easterbunny" by its discovery team, officially named Makemake is the second brightest dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt. The icy world appears twice in this astronomical image, based on data taken on June 29 and 30 of the..