Новости из категории: astronet

A Split Ion Tail for Comet Lovejoy E4

Вт, Апрель 25, 2017 - 8:30

What's happened to Comet Lovejoy? In the pictured image, a processed composite, the comet was captured early this month after brightening unexpectedly and sporting a long and intricate ion tail. Remarkably, the typically...

Курсы дополнительного образования «Астрономия в современной школе»

Пн, Апрель 24, 2017 - 19:33

A White Battle in the Black Sea

Пн, Апрель 24, 2017 - 7:30

Trillions have died in the Earth's seas. Calcified shields of the dead already make up the white cliffs of Dover. The battle between ball-shaped light-colored single-celled plants -- phytoplankton called coccolithophores -- and even..

The Holographic Principle

Вс, Апрель 23, 2017 - 8:30

Is this picture worth a thousand words? According to the Holographic Principle, the most information you can get from this image is about 3 x 10 65 bits for a normal sized computer monitor.

The Holographic Principle

Вс, Апрель 23, 2017 - 8:30

Is this picture worth a thousand words? According to the Holographic Principle, the most information you can get from this image is about 3 x 10 65 bits for a normal sized computer monitor.

Between the Rings

Сб, Апрель 22, 2017 - 7:30

On April 12, as the Sun was blocked by the disk of Saturn the Cassini spacecraft camera looked toward the inner Solar System and the gas giant's backlit rings. At the top of the mosaicked view is the A ring with its broader Encke and..

Астрономическая неделя с 24 по 30 апреля 2017 года

Пт, Апрель 21, 2017 - 21:51

На данной неделе Луна сблизится с Венерой, Меркурием, Ураном и Марсом, а 27 апреля при фазе 0,05+ пройдет перигей орбиты (359325 км от центра..

NGC 4302 and NGC 4298

Пт, Апрель 21, 2017 - 8:30

Seen edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 4302 (left) lies about 55 million light-years away in the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. A member of the large Virgo Galaxy Cluster, it spans some 87,000 light-years, a little smaller than our own..

Аннотации основных статей журнала «Земля и Вселенная» № 2, 2017

Чт, Апрель 20, 2017 - 14:22

Asteroid 2014 JO25

Чт, Апрель 20, 2017 - 8:30

A day before its closest approach, asteroid 2014 JO25 was imaged by radar with the 70-meter antenna of NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. This grid of 30 radar images, top left to lower right, reveals the..

The Red Spider Planetary Nebula

Ср, Апрель 19, 2017 - 8:30

Oh what a tangled web a planetary nebula can weave. The Red Spider Planetary Nebula shows the complex structure that can result when a normal star ejects its outer gases and becomes a white dwarf star.

Night Glows

Вт, Апрель 18, 2017 - 8:30

What glows in the night? This night, several unusual glows were evident -- some near, but some far. The foreground surf glimmers blue with the light of bioluminescent plankton. Next out, Earth's atmosphere dims the horizon and..