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The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation

Пн, Август 15, 2022 - 7:30

The North America nebula on the sky can do what the North America continent on Earth cannot -- form stars. Specifically, in analogy to the Earth-confined continent, the bright part that appears as Central America and Mexico is..

The Cygnus Wall of Star Formation

Пн, Август 15, 2022 - 7:30

4000 Exoplanets

Пн, Август 15, 2022 - 1:30

Over 4000 planets are now known to exist outside our Solar System. Known as exoplanets, this milestone was passed last month, as recorded by NASA's Exoplanet Archive. The featured video highlights these exoplanets in sound and light,

Herschel Crater on Mimas

Сб, Август 13, 2022 - 10:30

Mimas, small 400 kilometer-diameter moon of Saturn, is host to 130 kilometer-diameter Herschel crater, one of the larger impact craters in the entire Solar System. The robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn in 2010 recorded...

Portrait of the Eagle Nebula

Сб, Август 13, 2022 - 4:30

A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, Messier 16 (M16) is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed image of the region adopts the colorful Hubble palette and includes..

Perseids and MAGIC

Сб, Август 13, 2022 - 4:30

On August 11, 2021 a multi-mirror, 17 meter-diameter MAGIC telescope reflected this starry night sky from the Roque de los Muchachos European Northern Observatory on the Canary Island of La Palma. MAGIC stands for Major Atmospheric Gamma..

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 августа 2022 года

Пт, Август 12, 2022 - 11:08

На данной неделе 15 августа Луна (Ф= 0,86-) будет находиться близ Юпитера, а 16 августа произойдет покрытие Луной (Ф= 0,75-) звезды мю Рыб при..

Dust Clouds of the Pacman Nebula

Ср, Август 10, 2022 - 8:30

Stars can create huge and intricate dust sculptures from the dense and dark molecular clouds from which they are born. The tools the stars use to carve their detailed works are high energy light and fast stellar winds.

GSC 00143-00813, a New Triple-mode Classical Cepheid

Вт, Август 09, 2022 - 10:07

I present my detection of a new triple-mode Classical Cepheid, pulsating in the fundamental mode, first- and second-overtone modes. I analyzed all observations available for the star in the ASAS-SN and ZTF online public archives using the

Leaving Earth

Вт, Август 09, 2022 - 9:30

What it would look like to leave planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by the MESSENGER spacecraft as it swung back past the Earth in 2005 on its way in toward the planet Mercury. Earth can be seen rotating..

The Lagoon Nebula without Stars

Пн, Август 08, 2022 - 8:30

Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds inhabit the turbulent, cosmic depths of the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, the bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years distant.

Meteor before Galaxy

Пн, Август 08, 2022 - 1:30

What's that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy in 2016, near the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, a small pebble from deep space crossed right in front of our