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NGC 3621: Far Beyond the Local Group

Пт, Февраль 24, 2017 - 8:30

Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with luminous blue star..

Seven Worlds for TRAPPIST 1

Чт, Февраль 23, 2017 - 7:30

Seven worlds orbit the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, a mere 40 light-years away. In May 2016 astronomers using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) announced the discovery of three planets in the TRAPPIST-1..

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» № 1, 2017

Ср, Февраль 22, 2017 - 17:34

Daphnis and the Rings of Saturn

Ср, Февраль 22, 2017 - 8:30

What's happening to the rings of Saturn? Nothing much, just a little moon making waves. The moon is 8-kilometer Daphnis and it is making waves in the Keeler Gap of Saturn's rings using just its gravity -- as it bobs up and down,..

An Active Night over the Magellan Telescopes

Вт, Февраль 21, 2017 - 8:30

The night sky is always changing. Featured here are changes that occurred over a six hour period in late 2014 June behind the dual 6.5-meter Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

Almost Three Tails for Comet Encke

Пн, Февраль 20, 2017 - 8:30

How can a comet have three tails? Normally, a comet has two tails: an ion tail of charged particles emitted by the comet and pushed out by the wind from...

Black Sun and Inverted Starfield

Вс, Февраль 19, 2017 - 7:30

Does this strange dark ball look somehow familiar? If so, that might be because it is our Sun. In the featured image from 2012, a detailed solar view was captured originally in a very specific color of red light, then rendered in black..

Penumbral Eclipse Rising

Сб, Февраль 18, 2017 - 8:30

As seen from Cocoa Beach Pier, Florida, planet Earth, the Moon rose at sunset on February 10 while gliding through Earth's faint outer shadow. In progress was the first eclipse of 2017, a penumbral lunar eclipse followed in this digital..

Penumbral Eclipse Rising

Сб, Февраль 18, 2017 - 7:30

Астрономическая неделя с 20 по 26 февраля 2017 года

Пт, Февраль 17, 2017 - 23:01

На данной неделе Луна (Ф= 0,3-) проходит близ Сатурна, астероиды Евномия (9m) и Метида (9m) вступают в противостояние с Солнцем, а Луна (Ф= 0,23-)..

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660

Пт, Февраль 17, 2017 - 8:30

NGC 660 is featured in this cosmic snapshot. Over 40 million light-years away and swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, NGC 660's peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy.

The Tulip and Cygnus X 1

Чт, Февраль 16, 2017 - 8:30

Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula, the reddish glowing cloud of interstellar..