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As spring comes to planet Earth's northern hemisphere, familiar winter constellation Orion sets in early evening skies and budding trees frame the Hunter's stars. The yellowish hue of cool red supergiant Alpha Orionis, the great star..

День открытых дверей на Пущинской РадиоАстрономической Обсерватории 11 апреля 2015 года

Ср, Март 25, 2015 - 19:52

В честь своего дня рождения (11 апреля 1956, то есть нам исполняется 59 лет), дня рождения Пущинского научного центра (на три дня..

Naked Eye Nova Sagittarii 2015 No 2

Ср, Март 25, 2015 - 8:30

It quickly went from obscurity to one of the brighter stars in Sagittarius -- but it's fading. Named Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2, the stellar explosion is the brightest nova visible from Earth in over a year. The featured image was..

Powers of Ten

Вт, Март 24, 2015 - 7:30

How different does the universe look on small, medium, and large scales? The most famous short science film of its generation gives breathtaking comparisons. That film, Powers of Ten, originally created in the 1960s, has now been officially..

Атлас-5 запускает ММС

Пн, Март 23, 2015 - 8:30

Так высоко не летают даже птицы. А самолёты не летают так быстро. Статуя Свободы весит меньше. Никто из Земных существ, кроме

Atlas V Launches MMS

Пн, Март 23, 2015 - 8:30

Birds don't fly this high. Airplanes don't go this fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket..

A Double Eclipse of the Sun

Вс, Март 22, 2015 - 10:30

Can the Sun be eclipsed twice at the same time? Last Friday was noteworthy because part of the Earth was treated to a rare total eclipse of the Sun. But also on Friday, from...

Northern Equinox Eclipse

Вс, Март 22, 2015 - 0:30

Snowy and cold is weather you might expect at the start of spring for Longyearbyen on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. But that turned out to be good weather for watching the Moon's umbral shadow race across northern planet Earth.

Астрономическая неделя с 23 по 29 марта 2015 года

Сб, Март 21, 2015 - 18:06

На данной неделе произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,3) звезды Альдебаран (+1,0m), а Уран закончит свою вечернюю видимость. Кроме этого, всю..

Sunshine, Earthshine

Пт, Март 20, 2015 - 8:30

Today's date marks an Equinox and a New Moon. Remarkably, while the exact timing of both geocentric events occur within a span of only 13 hours, the moon also reaches its new phase only 14 hours after perigee, the closest point in its..

Aurora in the Backyard

Чт, Март 19, 2015 - 7:30

On the night of March 17/18 this umbrella of northern lights unfolded over backyards in Vallentuna, Sweden about 30 kilometers north of Stockholm. A result of the strongest geomagnetic storm of this solar cycle...