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“Эффекты” Зельдовича, запечатлённые на нашем небе

Чт, Май 05, 2016 - 10:35

Яков Борисович Зельдович (1914-1987) – один из наиболее результативных физиков, физико-химиков, астрофизиков, космологов XX..

The SONG and the Hunter

Чт, Май 05, 2016 - 7:30

Near first quarter, the Moon in March lights this snowy, rugged landscape, a view across the top of Tenerife toward La Palma in the Canary Islands Spanish archipelago. The large Teide volcano, the highest point in Spain, looms over the..

A Mercury Transit Sequence

Ср, Май 04, 2016 - 7:30

This coming Monday, Mercury will cross the face of the Sun, as seen from Earth. Called a transit, the last time this happened was in 2006. Because the plane of Mercury's orbit is not exactly coincident with the plane of..

Aurora over Sweden

Вт, Май 03, 2016 - 7:30

It was bright and green and stretched across the sky. This striking aurora display was captured last month just outside of жstersund, Sweden. Six photographic fields were merged to create the featured panorama spanning almost 180..

Журнал “Небосвод” за май 2016 года

Вт, Май 03, 2016 - 2:19

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Crossing Mars

Пн, Май 02, 2016 - 8:30

Where is NASA's rover Curiosity going on Mars? Its geographical goals are on the slopes of Mount Sharp, whose peak is seen in the background on the right. A key scientific goal, however, remains to better assess when and where conditions..

Contemplating the Sun

Вс, Май 01, 2016 - 8:30

Have you contemplated your home star recently? Featured here, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. The spectacular menagerie...

Moon over Makemake

Сб, Апрель 30, 2016 - 8:30

Makemake, second brightest dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, has a moon. Nicknamed MK2, Makemake's moon reflects sunlight with a charcoal-dark surface, about 1,300 times fainter than its parent body. Still...

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 мая 2016 года

Пт, Апрель 29, 2016 - 17:18

На данной неделе Меркурий заканчивает вечернюю видимость, Луна проходит нисходящий узел орбиты, метеорный поток эта-Аквариды из..

40 Red Variable Stars: Variability Types and Light Elements

Пт, Апрель 29, 2016 - 12:58

Fermi s Gamma-ray Moon

Пт, Апрель 29, 2016 - 8:30

If you could only see gamma-rays, photons with up to a billion or more times the energy of visible light, the Moon would be brighter than the Sun! That startling notion underlies this novel...