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Approach above Sunset

Вт, Май 02, 2017 - 8:30

There it is! The Cygnus supply ship was a welcome sight to the astronauts on the International Space Station just over a week ago. Launched three days before on a United Launch Alliance Atlas...

The bright source near the center is a neutron star, the incredibly dense, collapsed remains of a massive stellar core. Surrounding it is supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the

Журнал “Небосвод” за май 2017 года

Вс, Апрель 30, 2017 - 21:53

Очередной выпуск бесплатного электронно-печатного издания для любителей астрономии Небосвод....

Cassini Looks Out from Saturn

Вс, Апрель 30, 2017 - 8:30

This is what Saturn looks like from inside the rings. Last week, for the first time, NASA directed the Cassini spacecraft to swoop between Saturn and its rings. During the dive, the robotic spacecraft took hundreds of images showing

Arches of Spring

Сб, Апрель 29, 2017 - 7:30

Two luminous arches stretched across the dome of the sky on this northern spring night. After sunset on March 29, the mountain view panorama was captured in 57 exposures from Chopok peak in central Slovakia at an altitude of about 2,000..

Астрономическая неделя с 1 по 7 мая 2017 года

Пт, Апрель 28, 2017 - 20:25

На данной неделе долгопериодическая переменная звезда R Льва достигнет максимума блеска (5m). 2 мая Меркурий меняет движение с попятного..

Exploring the Antennae

Пт, Апрель 28, 2017 - 8:30

Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies are colliding. Stars in the two galaxies, cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, very rarely collide in the course of the ponderous cataclysm that

Lyrids in Southern Skies

Чт, Апрель 27, 2017 - 7:30

Earth's annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked before dawn on April 22nd, as our fair planet plowed through dust from the tail of long-period comet Thatcher. Seen from the high, dark, and dry Atacama desert a waning crescent Moon and brilliant..

Mt. Etna Lava Plume

Ср, Апрель 26, 2017 - 7:30

Mt. Etna has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. Located in Sicily, Italy, the volcano produces lava fountains over one kilometer high. Mt. Etna is not only one of the most active...

A Split Ion Tail for Comet Lovejoy E4

Вт, Апрель 25, 2017 - 8:30

What's happened to Comet Lovejoy? In the pictured image, a processed composite, the comet was captured early this month after brightening unexpectedly and sporting a long and intricate ion tail. Remarkably, the typically...

Курсы дополнительного образования «Астрономия в современной школе»

Пн, Апрель 24, 2017 - 19:33

A White Battle in the Black Sea

Пн, Апрель 24, 2017 - 7:30

Trillions have died in the Earth's seas. Calcified shields of the dead already make up the white cliffs of Dover. The battle between ball-shaped light-colored single-celled plants -- phytoplankton called coccolithophores -- and even..