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Mercury’s Surface in Exaggerated Color

Чт, Июнь 16, 2011 - 7:30

The robotic MESSENGER spacecraft recently completed over 100 orbits of Mercury. Messenger's cameras have recorded detailed pictures utilizing eight different colors across visible and near infrared light, exploring the surface

Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

Ср, Июнь 15, 2011 - 7:30

Featured in this sharp telescopic image, globular star cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) is some 15,000 light-years away. Some 150 light-years in diameter, the cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun.

The Universe Nearby

Вт, Июнь 14, 2011 - 7:30

What does the universe nearby look like? This plot shows nearly 50,000 galaxies in the nearby universe detected by the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) in infrared light. The resulting image is anincredible tapestry of galaxies that

Views from Cassini at Saturn

Пн, Июнь 13, 2011 - 7:30

What has the Cassini orbiter seen since arriving at Saturn? The above music video shows some of the highlights. In the first time-lapse sequence (00:07), a vertical line appears that is really Saturn's thin rings seen nearly edge-on.

Астрономическая неделя с 13 по 19 июня 2011 года

Вс, Июнь 12, 2011 - 11:27

На данной неделе Меркурий вступит в соединение с Солнцем, а также произойдет полное лунное затмение....

M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy

Вс, Июнь 12, 2011 - 7:30

The Sleeping Beauty galaxy may appear peaceful at first sight but it is actually tossing and turning. In an unexpected twist, recent observations have shown that the gas in the outer regions of this photogenic spiral is rotating in the..

Supernovae in the Whirlpool

Сб, Июнь 11, 2011 - 7:30

Where do spiral galaxies keep their supernovae? Near their massive star forming regions, of course, and those regions tend to lie along sweeping blue spiral arms. Because massive stars are very short-lived, they don't have a chance to..

Семинар отдела космических излучений ФИАН

Сб, Июнь 11, 2011 - 1:00

1. Д.В.Чернов (НИИЯФ МГУ), С.Б.Шаулов (ФИАН). Эксперимент СФЕРА. Предварительные результаты. 2.Р.Ю Машинистов. Разработка системы хранения,..

Как взрываются похудевшие сверхгиганты?

Пт, Июнь 10, 2011 - 17:28

С помощью программы STELLA авторы рассчитали кривые блеска сверхновых при взрывах красных сверхгигантов с большой потерей массы...

The Sun Unleashed

Пт, Июнь 10, 2011 - 7:30

On June 7, the Sun unleashed only a medium sized solar flare as rotation carried active regions of sunpots toward the solar limb. But that flare was followed by an astounding gush of magnetized plasma seen erupting at the Sun's edge in..

The Great Carina Nebula

Чт, Июнь 09, 2011 - 7:30

A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula, also known as NGC 3372, spans over 300 light-years, one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions. Like the smaller, more northerly Great...