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NGST 10b: Discovery of a Doomed Planet

Ср, Февраль 26, 2020 - 8:30

This hot jupiter is doomed. Hot jupiters are giant planets like Jupiter that orbit much closer to their parent stars than Mercury does to our Sun. But some hot jupiters are more extreme than others. NGTS-10b, illustrated..

NGST 10b: открытие обреченной планеты

Ср, Февраль 26, 2020 - 7:30

Этого горячий юпитер обречен. Горячие юпитеры – гигантские планеты, похожие на Юпитер, орбиты которых расположены гораздо ближе к..

Jupiters Magnetic Field from Juno

Вт, Февраль 25, 2020 - 8:30

How similar is Jupiter's magnetic field to Earth's? NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter's magnetic field is surprisingly complex, so that the Jovian world does not have single magnetic poles like our Earth.

Jupiters Magnetic Field from Juno

Вт, Февраль 25, 2020 - 8:30

Moon Corona, Halo, and Arcs over Manitoba

Пн, Февраль 24, 2020 - 16:30

Yes, but could you get to work on time if the Moon looked like this? As the photographer was preparing to drive to work, refraction, reflection, and even diffraction of moonlight from millions of falling ice crystals turned the familiar..

Illustris Simulation of the Universe

Вс, Февраль 23, 2020 - 8:30

How did we get here? Click play, sit back, and watch. A computer simulation of the evolution of the universe provides insight into how galaxies formed and perspectives into humanity's place in the universe.

В центре Центавра A

Сб, Февраль 22, 2020 - 8:30

Центавр A – ближайшая к Земле активная галактика, удаленная от нас всего на 11 миллионов световых лет. Это – пекулярная..

Central Centaurus A

Сб, Февраль 22, 2020 - 7:30

A mere 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Also known as NGC 5128, the peculiar elliptical galaxy is over 60,000 light-years across. A region spanning about 8,500 light-years, including..

LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion

Пт, Февраль 21, 2020 - 8:30

The silhouette of an intriguing dark nebula inhabits this cosmic scene. Lynds' Dark Nebula (LDN) 1622 appears against a faint background of glowing hydrogen gas only visible in long telescopic exposures of the region. In contrast, the..

Астрономическая неделя с 24 февраля по 1 марта 2020 года

Пт, Февраль 21, 2020 - 8:11

На данной неделе 24 февраля Луна (Ф= 0,01+) пройдет близ Нептуна и Меркурия. 26 февраля Меркурий окажется в нижнем соединении с Солнцем, а..

Trifecta at Twilight

Чт, Февраль 20, 2020 - 8:30

On February 18, as civil twilight began in northern New Mexico skies, the International Space Station, a waning crescent Moon, and planet Mars for a moment shared this well-planned single field of view. From...

UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known

Ср, Февраль 19, 2020 - 8:30

Why does this galaxy spin so fast? To start, even identifying which type of galaxy UGC 12591 is difficult -- featured on the lower left, it has dark dust lanes like a spiral galaxy but a large diffuse bulge of stars like a lenticular.