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Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis

Чт, Сентябрь 12, 2013 - 8:30

Cosmic dust clouds sprawl across a rich field of stars in this sweeping telescopic vista near the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. Less than 500 light-years away the dust clouds effectively block light from more..

Four Double-Mode Variables

Ср, Сентябрь 11, 2013 - 13:19

LADEE Launch Streak

Ср, Сентябрь 11, 2013 - 7:30

On September 6, a starry night and the Milky Way witnessed the launch of a Minotaur V rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. So did a large part of the eastern United States, as the spectacular night launch..

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.