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Holometer: A Microscope into Space and Time

Вт, Сентябрь 02, 2014 - 8:30

How different are space and time at very small scales? To explore the unfamiliar domain of the miniscule Planck scale -- where normally unnoticeable quantum effects might become dominant -- a newly developed instrument called the Fermilab

Airglow Ripples over Tibet

Пн, Сентябрь 01, 2014 - 7:30

Why would the sky look like a giant target? Airglow. Following a giant thunderstorm over Bangladesh in late April, giant circular ripples of glowing air appeared over Tibet, China, as pictured above. The unusual...

Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together

Вс, Август 31, 2014 - 7:30

How was this picture taken? Usually, pictures of the shuttle, taken from space, are snapped from the space station. Commonly, pictures of the space station are snapped from the shuttle. How, then, can there be a picture of both the

The Starry Sky under Hollow Hill

Сб, Август 30, 2014 - 7:30

Look up in New Zealand's Hollow Hill Cave and you might think you see a familiar starry sky. And that's exactly what Arachnocampa luminosa are counting on. Captured in this long exposure...

Астрономическая неделя с 1 по 7 сентября 2014 года

Пт, Август 29, 2014 - 14:21

На данной неделе начинается осень, а вместе с ней увеличивается активность наблюдателей звездного неба. Сентябрьские теплые вечера,..

Астрономическая неделя с 1 по 7 сентября 2014 года

Пт, Август 29, 2014 - 13:21

The Wizard Nebula

Пт, Август 29, 2014 - 7:30

Open star cluster NGC 7380 is still embedded in its natal cloud of interstellar gas and dust popularly known as the Wizard Nebula. Seen with foreground and background stars along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy it lies some 8,000..

Messier 20 and 21

Чт, Август 28, 2014 - 7:30

The beautiful Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, is easy to find with a small telescope in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. About 5,000 light-years away, the colorful study in cosmic contrasts shares this well-composed,..

Куда смещается красное смещение?

Ср, Август 27, 2014 - 20:14

Наблюдая красные смещения объектов, мы можем в рамках заданной космологической модели рассчитать множество величин: расстояния,..

Milky Way over Yellowstone

Ср, Август 27, 2014 - 8:30

The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The colorful pool of water, about 10 meters across, is known as Silex Spring and is located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Illuminated artificially, the colors are..

Flying Past Neptunes Moon Triton

Вт, Август 26, 2014 - 7:30

What would it look like to fly past Triton, the largest moon of planet Neptune? Only one spacecraft has ever done this -- and now, for the first time, images of this dramatic encounter have been gathered into a movie. On 1989 August 25,..

Arp 188 and the Tadpoles Tail

Пн, Август 25, 2014 - 8:31

Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic..