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Humanity Explores the Solar System

Вт, Апрель 30, 2013 - 8:30

What spacecraft is humanity currently using to explore our Solar System? Presently, every inner planet has at least one robotic explorer, while several others are monitoring our Sun, some are mapping Earth's Moon, a few are chasing..

Milky Way and Stone Tree

Пн, Апрель 29, 2013 - 7:30

What's that next to the Milky Way? An unusual natural rock formation known as Roque Cinchado or Stone Tree found on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife. A famous icon, Roque Cinchado is likely a dense plug of cooled volcanic..

A Raging Storm System on Saturn

Вс, Апрель 28, 2013 - 7:30

It was one of the largest and longest lived storms ever recorded in our Solar System. First seen in late 2010, the above cloud formation in the northern hemisphere of Saturn started larger than the Earth and soon spread completely around the..

Стерео-Шарп

Сб, Апрель 27, 2013 - 8:30

Надевайте ваши красно/синие очки и полюбуйтесь видом на дне кратера Гейл на Марсе. С вашей точки зрения на марсоходе Кьюриосити

Sharp Stereo

Сб, Апрель 27, 2013 - 8:30

Get out your red/blue glasses and gaze across the floor of Gale crater on Mars. From your vantage point on the deck of the Curiosity Rover Mount Sharp, the crater's 5 kilometer high central mountain looms over the southern horizon.

Семинар института космических исследований

Сб, Апрель 27, 2013 - 1:00

А.П.Итин (Institut fur Laser-Physik, Hamburg, Germany; Zentrum fur Optische Quantentechnologien (ZOQ), Hamburg, Germany; ИКИ РАН, Москва). Бозе-Эйнштейновские конденсаты: фундаментальные..

Астрономическая неделя с 29 апреля по 5 мая 2013 года

Пт, Апрель 26, 2013 - 18:06

На данной неделе комета PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4) наблюдается в бинокль в созвездии Цефея, являясь незаходящим небесным объектом на территории..

A Year on the Sun

Пт, Апрель 26, 2013 - 8:30

Our solar system's miasma of incandescent plasma, the Sun may look a little scary here. The picture is a composite of 25 images recorded in extreme ultraviolet light by the orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory between April 16, 2012 and

A Year on the Sun

Пт, Апрель 26, 2013 - 7:30

Lunar Eclipses

Чт, Апрель 25, 2013 - 8:30

The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth is called the umbra. Shaped like a cone extending into space, it has a circular cross section and is most easily seen during a lunar eclipse. But the complete cross section is larger than the..

Wringing a Wet Towel in Orbit

Ср, Апрель 24, 2013 - 8:30

What happens if you wring out a wet towel while floating in space? The water shouldn't fall toward the floor because while orbiting the Earth, free falling objects will appear to float. But will the water fly out from the towel, or what?