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Невероятно длинное волокно на Солнце

Вт, Февраль 10, 2015 - 11:30

Вчера на Солнце обнаружили одно из самых длинных когда-либо наблюдаемых волокон. Возможно, сегодня оно всё ещё там. На этой..

An Extremely Long Filament on the Sun

Вт, Февраль 10, 2015 - 11:30

Yesterday, the Sun exhibited one of the longest filaments ever recorded. It may still be there today. Visible as the dark streak just below the center in the featured image, the enormous filament extended across the face of the Sun a..

Layered Rocks near Mount Sharp on Mars

Пн, Февраль 09, 2015 - 9:30

What caused these Martian rocks to be layered? The leading hypothesis is an ancient Martian lake that kept evaporating and refilling over 10 million years -- but has now remained dry and empty of water for billions of years.

Carina Nebula Dust Pillar

Вс, Февраль 08, 2015 - 18:30

This cosmic pillar of gas and dust is nearly two light-years wide. The structure lies within one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions, the Carina Nebula, shining in southern skies at a distance of about 7,500 light-years.

An Aurora of Marbles

Сб, Февраль 07, 2015 - 10:30

It looks like a fine collection of aggies. But this grid of embedded swirls and streaks actually follows the dramatic development of planet Earth's auroral substorms. The sequence of over 600 horizon-to-horizon fisheye images was taken..

Астрономическая неделя с 9 по 15 февраля 2015 года

Пт, Февраль 06, 2015 - 21:42

На данной неделе Меркурий 11 февраля перейдет от попятного к прямому движению, а 15 февраля произойдет покрытие астероидом (32536) 2001 PD41 на..

Jupiter Triple Moon Conjunction

Пт, Февраль 06, 2015 - 9:30

Our solar system's ruling giant planet Jupiter and 3 of its 4 large Galilean moons are captured in this single Hubble snapshot from January 24. Crossing in front of Jupiter's banded cloud tops Europa, Callisto, and Io are framed from lower..

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy

Чт, Февраль 05, 2015 - 9:30

The striking spiral galaxy M104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad brimmed hat-like

Stars, Sprites, Clouds, Auroras

Ср, Февраль 04, 2015 - 9:30

What are those red streaks in the sky? While photographing unexpected auroras over a distant thunderstorm, something extraordinary happened: red sprites. This brief instance of rarely imaged high-altitude lightning flashed so bright that it..

Stars, Sprites, Clouds, Auroras

Ср, Февраль 04, 2015 - 8:30

Jets from Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko

Вт, Февраль 03, 2015 - 9:30

Where do comet tails come from? Although it is common knowledge that comet tails and comas originate from comet nuclei, exactly how that happens is an active topic of research. One of the best...