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Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon

Вт, Май 01, 2012 - 7:30

What is all this fuss about the Higgs boson? The physics community is abuzz that a fundamental particle expected by the largely successful Standard Model of particle physics may be soon be found by the huge Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN..

Астрономическая неделя c 30 апреля по 6 мая 2012 года

Пн, Апрель 30, 2012 - 19:45

На данной неделе наступит максимум действия метеорного потока эта-Аквариды....

Aurora Over RaufarhЖfn

Пн, Апрель 30, 2012 - 17:30

It was all lined up even without the colorful aurora exploding overhead. If you follow the apex line of the recently deployed monuments of Arctic Henge in RaufarhЖfn in northern Iceland from this vantage point, you will see that they point..

A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d

Вс, Апрель 29, 2012 - 8:30

On planet Gliese 876d, sunrises might be dangerous. Although nobody really knows what conditions are like on this close-in planet orbiting variable red dwarf star Gliese 876, the above artistic illustration gives one impression.

Sutter s Mill Meteorite

Сб, Апрель 28, 2012 - 7:30

Last Sunday's bright fireball meteor falling through skies over California and Nevada produced sonic booms over a broad area around 7:21 am. Estimates indicate the meteor was about the size of a minivan.

Jupiter and the Moons of Earth

Пт, Апрель 27, 2012 - 8:30

Planet Earth has many moons. Its largest artifical moon, the International Space Station, streaks through this lovely skyview with clouds in silhouette against the fading light of a sunset. Captured from Stuttgart, Germany last Sunday,

Morning, Moon, and Mercury

Чт, Апрель 26, 2012 - 8:30

Last week Mercury wandered far to the west of the Sun. As the solar system's innermost planet neared its greatest elongation or greatest angle from the Sun (for this apparition about 27 degrees) it was joined by an old crescent Moon.

Любительский телескоп Кассегрена с зеркалами из нержавеющей стали

Ср, Апрель 25, 2012 - 17:40

Руководство по изготовлению любительского телескопа

Meteor Over Crater Lake

Ср, Апрель 25, 2012 - 7:30

Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to turn.

Rosetta Approaches Asteroid Lutitea

Вт, Апрель 24, 2012 - 8:30

What would it look like to approach an asteroid in a spaceship? In 2010, ESA's robotic Rosetta spacecraft zipped past the asteroid 21 Lutetia taking data and snapping images in an effort to better determine the history of the asteroid and the..