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Arp 299: Black Holes in Colliding Galaxies

Вт, Ноябрь 01, 2016 - 7:30

Is only one black hole spewing high energy radiation -- or two? To help find out, astronomers trained NASA's Earth-orbiting NuSTAR and Chandra telescopes on Arp 299, the enigmatic colliding galaxies expelling the radiation.

Ghost Aurora over Canada

Пн, Октябрь 31, 2016 - 7:30

What does this aurora look like to you? While braving the cold to watch the skies above northern Canada early one morning in 2013, a most unusual aurora appeared. The aurora definitely appeared to be shaped like something , but what?

Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula

Вс, Октябрь 30, 2016 - 7:30

Halloween's origin is ancient and astronomical. Since the fifth century BC, Halloween has been celebrated as a cross-quarter day, a day halfway between an equinox (equal day / equal night) and a solstice (minimum day / maximum..

Moonset at Whitby Abbey

Сб, Октябрь 29, 2016 - 8:30

October's Hunters Moon shines near the horizon, setting beyond the arches of Whitby Abbey in this eerie night scene. The moonlight partly illuminates the ruined Benedictine abbey's grounds and walls on a cliff overlooking the North Sea from..

Астрономическая неделя с 31 октября по 6 ноября 2016 года

Пт, Октябрь 28, 2016 - 19:55

На данной неделе Луна пройдет апогей орбиты, Луна, Венера, Сатурн и Антарес сближаются до 10 градусов на вечернем небе, а 5 ноября..

Haunting the Cepheus Flare

Пт, Октябрь 28, 2016 - 8:30

Spooky shapes seem to haunt this jeweled expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus. Of course, the shapes are cosmic dust clouds faintly visible in dimly reflected starlight. Far from your...

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» №5, 2016

Чт, Октябрь 27, 2016 - 16:19

II Зимняя школа юного астронома-2017

Чт, Октябрь 27, 2016 - 16:17

Вниманию школьников, занимающихся астрономией, учителей астрономии и руководителей астрономических кружков! В дни зимних..

A Giant Squid in the Flying Bat

Чт, Октябрь 27, 2016 - 8:30

Very faint but also very large on planet Earth's sky, a giant Squid Nebula cataloged as Ou4, and Sh2-129 also known as the Flying Bat Nebula, are both caught in this cosmic scene toward the royal constellation Cepheus.

Propeller Shadows on Saturns Rings

Ср, Октябрь 26, 2016 - 8:30

What created these unusually long shadows on Saturn's rings? The dark shadows -- visible near the middle of the image -- extend opposite the Sun and, given their length, stem from objects having heights up to a few kilometers.

Clouds Near Jupiters South Pole from Juno

Вт, Октябрь 25, 2016 - 9:30

What's happening near the south pole of Jupiter? Recent images sent back by NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft are showing an interesting conglomeration of swirling clouds and what appear to be white ovals.

HI4PI: The Hydrogen Sky

Пн, Октябрь 24, 2016 - 7:30

Where are the Milky Way's gas clouds and where are they going? To help answer this question, a new highest-resolution map of the sky in the universe's most abundant gas -- hydrogen -- has been completed and recently released, along..