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APOD: 2024 December 31 Б The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753

Вт, Декабрь 31, 2024 - 8:30

What do you think this is? HereБs a clue: it's bigger than a bread box. Much bigger. The answer is that pictured NGC 4753 is a twisted disk galaxy, where unusual dark dust filaments provide clues about its history.

M27: туманность Гантель

Пн, Декабрь 30, 2024 - 8:30

Вот таким станет наше Солнце? Вполне возможно. Выяснить будущее Солнца может помочь открытие, случайно совершенное в 1764..

APOD: 2024 December 30 Б M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Пн, Декабрь 30, 2024 - 8:30

Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets.

APOD: 2024 December 29 Б Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal

Вс, Декабрь 29, 2024 - 7:30

What are these bubbles frozen into Lake Baikal? Methane. Lake Baikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Russia, is the world's largest (by volume), oldest, and deepest lake, containing over 20% of the world's fresh water.

A December Winter Night

Сб, Декабрь 28, 2024 - 8:30

Orion seems to come up sideways, climbing over a distant mountain range in this deep skyscape. The wintry scene was captured from southern Poland on the northern hemisphere's long solstice night. Otherwise unseen nebulae hang in the sky,..

Planet Earth at Twilight

Пт, Декабрь 27, 2024 - 8:30

No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth. Instead, the shadow line or terminator is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience..

New Solutions for a Dozen of Suspected Variable Stars

Чт, Декабрь 26, 2024 - 15:29

Grand Spiral NGC 5643

Чт, Декабрь 26, 2024 - 8:30

Viewed face-on, grand spiral galaxy NGC 5643 has a festive appearance in this colorful cosmic portrait. Some 55 million light-years distant, the galaxy extends for over 100,000 light-years, seen within the boundaries of the southern..

APOD: 2024 December 25 Б Diamond Dust Sky Eye

Ср, Декабрь 25, 2024 - 8:30

Why is there a huge eye in the sky? Diamond dust. That is an informal term for small ice crystals that form in the air and flitter to the ground. Because these crystals...

Лисий мех, Конус и Рождественская елка

Вт, Декабрь 24, 2024 - 8:30

Что общего имеют следующие вещи: конус, лисий мех и рождественская елка? Ответ: все они находятся в созвездии Единорога. Этот..

APOD: 2024 December 24 Б Fox Fur, Cone, and Christmas Tree

Вт, Декабрь 24, 2024 - 8:30

What do the following things have in common: a cone, the fur of a fox, and a Christmas tree? Answer: they all occur in the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros). Considered as a star...

APOD: 2024 December 23 Б Christmas Tree Aurora

Пн, Декабрь 23, 2024 - 8:30

It was December and the sky lit up like a Christmas tree. Shimmering, the vivid green, blue, and purple auroral colors that formed the tree-like apparition were caused by high atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen reacting to a burst of..