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Huygens: Titan Descent Movie

Пн, Январь 21, 2013 - 7:30

What would it look like to land on Saturn's moon Titan? The European Space Agency's Huygens probe set down on the Solar System's cloudiest moon in 2005, and a time-lapse video of its descent images was created.

The Antikythera Mechanism

Вс, Январь 20, 2013 - 8:30

What is it? It was found at the bottom of the sea aboard an ancient Greek ship. Its seeming complexity has prompted decades of study, although some of its functions remained unknown. X-ray images of the device have confirmed the..

Barnard Stares at NGC 2170

Сб, Январь 19, 2013 - 8:30

A gaze across a cosmic skyscape, this telescopic mosaic reveals the continuous beauty of things that are. The evocative scene spans some 6 degrees or 12 Full Moons in planet Earth's sky. At the left, folds of red, glowing gas are a small..

Barnard Stares at NGC 2170

Сб, Январь 19, 2013 - 7:30

Астрономическая неделя с 21 по 27 января 2013 года

Пт, Январь 18, 2013 - 11:28

На данной неделе Луна покроет звезду омега 1 Тельца с блеском 5,5m, а астероид Веста сменит движение с попятного на прямое....

Stickney Crater

Пт, Январь 18, 2013 - 8:30

Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet's moons in 1877.

Cas A: Optical and X ray

Чт, Январь 17, 2013 - 7:30

The aftermath of a cosmic cataclysm, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the Cas A supernova, the death explosion of a massive star, first reached Earth just 330 years ago.

NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends

Ср, Январь 16, 2013 - 8:30

A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our larger Milky Way..

A Solar Ballet

Вт, Январь 15, 2013 - 8:30

Sometimes, the Sun itself seems to dance. On just this past New Year's Eve, for example, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressive prominence erupting from the Sun's surface. The dramatic explosion was..

NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life

Пн, Январь 14, 2013 - 8:30

In this celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170 shines left of image center. Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars, NGC 2170 is joined by other bluish reflection nebulae, a red emission region, many..

NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life

Пн, Январь 14, 2013 - 7:30

NGC 602 and Beyond

Вс, Январь 13, 2013 - 8:30

Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this stunning Hubble image..