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Titan Seas Reflect Sunlight

Пн, Февраль 02, 2015 - 8:30

Why would the surface of Titan light up with a blinding flash? The reason: a sunglint from liquid seas. Saturn's moon Titan has numerous smooth lakes of methane that, when the angle is right, reflect sunlight as if they were mirrors.

NGC 4676: When Mice Collide

Вс, Февраль 01, 2015 - 9:30

These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as the "Mice" because they have such long tails, each spiral galaxy has likely already passed through the other. The long tails are created by the relative difference..

Кротовые норы: что это миф, врата в другие миры или математическая абстракция?

Сб, Январь 31, 2015 - 15:37

Данный текст представляет собой вторую версию моей книги о кротовых норах и черных дырах. Я постарался сделать ее понятной для..

Yellow Balls in W33

Сб, Январь 31, 2015 - 8:30

Infrared wavelengths of 3.6, 8.0, and 24.0 microns observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope are mapped into visible colors red, green, and blue in this striking image. The cosmic cloud of gas and dust is W33, a massive starforming complex..

Астрономическая неделя со 2 по 8 февраля 2015 года

Сб, Январь 31, 2015 - 1:25

На данной неделе Меркурий появится в лучах восходящего Солнца и пройдет в 2,5 градусах севернее астероида Эвномия и в 4,8 градусах..

A Night at Poker Flat

Пт, Январь 30, 2015 - 9:30

Four NASA suborbital sounding rockets leapt into the night on January 26, from the University of Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range. This time lapse composite image follows all four launches of the small, multi-stage rockets to explore

Close Encounter with M44

Чт, Январь 29, 2015 - 9:30

On Monday, January 26, well-tracked asteroid 2004 BL86 made its closest approach, a mere 1.2 million kilometers from our fair planet. That's about 3.1 times the Earth-Moon distance or 4 light-seconds away. Moving...

Close Encounter with M44

Чт, Январь 29, 2015 - 8:30

Comet Lovejoy in a Winter Sky

Ср, Январь 28, 2015 - 9:31

Which of these night sky icons can you find in this beautiful and deep exposure of the northern winter sky? Skylights include the stars in Orion's belt, the Orion Nebula, the Pleiades star cluster, the bright stars Betelgeuse and

Our Galaxys Magnetic Field from Planck

Вт, Январь 27, 2015 - 9:30

What does the magnetic field of our Galaxy look like? It has long been known that a modest magnetic field pervades our Milky Way Galaxy because it is seen to align small dust grains that scatter background light. Only recently,..

The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations

Пн, Январь 26, 2015 - 9:30

You may have heard of the Seven Sisters in the sky, but have you heard about the Seven Strong Men on the ground? Located just west of the Ural Mountains, the unusual Manpupuner rock formations are one of the Seven Wonders of Russia.