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APOD: 2024 August 13 Б Giant Jet from the International Space Station

Вт, Август 13, 2024 - 8:30

What's that on the horizon? When circling the Earth on the International Space Station early last month, astronaut Matthew Dominick saw an unusual type of lightning just beyond the Earth's edge: a gigantic jet. The powerful jet..

APOD: 2024 August 13 Б Giant Jet from the International Space Station

Вт, Август 13, 2024 - 7:30

What's that on the horizon? When circling the Earth on the International Space Station early last month, astronaut Matthew Dominick saw an unusual type of lightning just beyond the Earth's edge: a gigantic jet. The powerful jet..

APOD: 2024 August 12 Б Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge

Пн, Август 12, 2024 - 8:30

What's happening in the sky above Stonehenge? A meteor shower: specifically, the Perseid meteor shower. A few nights ago, after the sky darkened, many images of meteors from this year's Perseids were captured separately and merged..

APOD: 2024 August 11 Б Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower

Вс, Август 11, 2024 - 8:30

Where do Perseid meteors come from? Mostly small bits of stony grit, Perseid meteoroids were once expelled from Comet Swift-Tuttle and continue to follow this comet's orbit as they slowly disperse. The featured animation depicts the..

Астрономическая неделя с 12 по 18 августа 2024 года

Пт, Август 09, 2024 - 10:15

На данной неделе 12 августа наступит максимум действия метеорного потока Персеиды (ZHR= 120). 14 августа произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,66+)..

A Perseid Below

Пт, Август 09, 2024 - 8:30

Denizens of planet Earth typically watch meteor showers by looking up. But this remarkable view, captured on August 13, 2011 by astronaut Ron Garan, caught a Perseid meteor by looking down. From Garan...

Periodic Comet Swift Tuttle

Чт, Август 08, 2024 - 8:30

A Halley-type comet with an orbital period of about 133 years, Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle is recognized as the parent of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. The comet's last visit to the inner Solar System was in 1992.

APOD: 2024 August 7 Б Milky Way Behind Three Merlons

Ср, Август 07, 2024 - 8:30

To some, they look like battlements, here protecting us against the center of the Milky Way. The Three Merlons, also called the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, stand tall today because they are made of dense dolomite rock which has better..

APOD: 2024 August 6 Б Storm Cloud Over Texas

Вт, Август 06, 2024 - 8:30

What makes this storm cloud so colorful? First, the cloud itself is composed of millions of tiny droplets of water and ice. Its bottom is almost completely flat -- but this isn't unusual. Bottom...

APOD: 2024 August 5 Б Milky Way Over Tunisia

Пн, Август 05, 2024 - 8:30

That's no moon. On the ground, that's the Lars Homestead in Tunisia. And that's not just any galaxy. That's the central band of our own Milky Way galaxy. Last, that's not just any meteor. It is a bright fireball likely from..

APOD: 2024 August 5 Б Milky Way Over Tunisia

Пн, Август 05, 2024 - 7:30

That's no moon. On the ground, that's the Lars Homestead in Tunisia. And that's not just any galaxy. That's the central band of our own Milky Way galaxy. Last, that's not just any meteor. It is a bright fireball likely from..

APOD: 2024 August 4 Б Gaia: Here Comes the Sun

Вс, Август 04, 2024 - 8:30

What would it look like to return home from outside our galaxy? Although designed to answer greater questions, data from ESA's robotic Gaia mission is helping to provide a uniquely modern perspective on humanity's place in the universe.