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The Potsdam Gravity Potato

Пн, Декабрь 15, 2014 - 9:30

Why do some places on Earth have higher gravity than others? Sometimes the reason is unknown. To help better understand the Earth's surface, sensitive measurments by the orbiting satellites GRACE and CHAMP were used to create a..

Molecular Cloud Barnard 68

Вс, Декабрь 14, 2014 - 8:30

Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud. Here, a high concentration of dust and molecular gas absorb practically all the visible light emitted..

Календарь наблюдателя на январь 2015 года

Сб, Декабрь 13, 2014 - 14:36

Очередной выпуск ежемесячника Календарь наблюдателя расскажет вам об основных явлениях

The Infrared Visible Andromeda

Сб, Декабрь 13, 2014 - 8:30

This remarkable synthetic color composite image was assembled from archives of visible light and infrared astronomy image data. The field of view spans the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), a massive spiral a mere 2.5 million light-years away. In..

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 декабря 2014 года

Сб, Декабрь 13, 2014 - 1:04

На данной неделе Венера появится в лучах вечерней зари в средней полосе страны, долгопериодическая переменная звезда R Зайца..

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» №6, 2014

Пт, Декабрь 12, 2014 - 20:09

Crystals on Mars

Пт, Декабрь 12, 2014 - 8:30

This extreme close-up, a mosaic from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the Curiosity rover, spans a breathtaking 5 centimeters. It captures what appear to be elongated crystal shapes formed by the precipitation of minerals dissolved in..

Ночь и ложная луна

Чт, Декабрь 11, 2014 - 9:30

На этом ночном пейзаже, запечатлённом в самом начале четырнадцатого дня ноября, свет от Луны в фазе последней четверти освещает..

Moondog Night

Чт, Декабрь 11, 2014 - 8:30

In this night scene from the early hours of November 14, light from a last quarter Moon illuminates clouds above the mountaintop domes of Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. Bright Jupiter...

New Double-Mode RR Lyrae Variables

Ср, Декабрь 10, 2014 - 14:41

We present a new study of 28 known RR Lyrae variable stars. We analyzed all observations available for these stars in the Catalina Surveys, LINEAR, Northern Sky Variability Survey, and SuperWASP online public archives using the..

The Reddening of M71

Ср, Декабрь 10, 2014 - 8:30

Now known to be a globular star cluster at the tender age of 10 billion years, M71 is a mere 13,000 light-years away within the narrow boundaries of the faint constellation Sagitta. Close...

The Flame Nebula in Visible and Infrared

Вт, Декабрь 09, 2014 - 9:30

What lights up the Flame Nebula? Fifteen hundred light years away towards the constellation of Orion lies a nebula which, from its glow and dark dust lanes, appears, on the left, like a billowing fire. But fire, the rapid acquisition..