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Extrasolar Super Earth Gliese 1214b Might Hold Water

Вт, Сентябрь 10, 2013 - 8:30

Might this distant planet hold water? Actually, given how close Gliese 1214b is to its parent star, any water, if it exists, would surely be in the form of steam. In the above artist...

Nearby Cepheid Variable RS Pup

Пн, Сентябрь 09, 2013 - 16:30

It is one of the most important stars in the sky. This is partly because, by coincidence, it is surrounded by a dazzling reflection nebula. Pulsating RS Puppis, the brightest star in the image center, is some ten times more massive..

Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin

Вс, Сентябрь 08, 2013 - 8:30

What kind of cloud is this? A type of arcus cloud called a roll cloud. These rare long clouds may form near advancing cold fronts. In particular, a downdraft from an advancing storm front can cause moist warm air to rise, cool..

Night in the Andes Ice Forest

Сб, Сентябрь 07, 2013 - 7:30

This forest of snow and ice penitentes reflects moonlight shinning across the Chajnantor plateau. The region lies in the Chilean Andes at an altitude of 5,000 meters, not far from one of planet Earth's major astronomical observatories, the

Night in the Andes Ice Forest

Сб, Сентябрь 07, 2013 - 7:30

Астрономическая неделя с 9 по 15 сентября 2013 года

Пт, Сентябрь 06, 2013 - 19:12

На данной неделе (насыщенной явлениями) в бинокль можно наблюдать Новую звезду в созвездии Дельфина, наступит максимум действия..

The Quiet Sagittarius A

Пт, Сентябрь 06, 2013 - 8:30

Hot gas is hard to swallow. At least that seems to be true for the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Known as source Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's black hole is centered in this infrared (red and yellow..

M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab

Чт, Сентябрь 05, 2013 - 16:30

The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first on Charles Messier's famous list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, an expanding cloud of debris from the explosion of a massive star.

IRAS 20324: Evaporating Protostar

Ср, Сентябрь 04, 2013 - 7:30

Will this caterpillar-shaped interstellar cloud one day evolve into a butterfly-shaped nebula? No one is sure. What is sure is that IRAS 20324+4057, on the inside, is contracting to form a new star.

North America and the Pelican

Вт, Сентябрь 03, 2013 - 8:30

Here lie familiar shapes in unfamiliar locations. On the left is an emission nebula cataloged as NGC 7000, famous partly because it resembles our fair planet's continent of North America. The emission region to the right of the North..

Milky Way Over Spains Bardenas Reales

Пн, Сентябрь 02, 2013 - 8:30

What's that below the Milky Way? First, across the top of the above image, lies the faint band that is our planet's sideways view of the central disk of our home Milky Way Galaxy.

Fire on Earth

Вс, Сентябрь 01, 2013 - 8:30

Sometimes, regions of planet Earth light up with fire. Since fire is the rapid acquisition of oxygen, and since oxygen is a key indicator of life, fire on any planet would be an indicator of life on that planet.