Astronomy Picture of the Day
    

Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)

AE Возничего и туманность Пылающая звезда AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula
10.03.2011

AE Aurigae is the bright star below and left of center in this evocative portrait of IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula. Embedded in the cosmic cloud, the hot, variable O-type star energizes the glow of hydrogen along convoluted filaments of atomic gas, its blue starlight scattered by interstellar dust.


Дискавери в сумерках Discovery in Twilight
9.03.2011

As evening twilight faded on March 7, sky gazers around planet Earth enjoyed a beautiful pairing of young crescent Moon and brilliant planet Jupiter. Along with stars setting in the west, the two bright...


Международная космическая станция снова расширяется The International Space Station Expands Again
8.03.2011

The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. In a recently completed rendezvous, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery, in its final flight, visited the ISS and added components that included the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module.


Титан, кольца и Сатурн с аппарата Кассини Titan, Rings, and Saturn from Cassini
7.03.2011

How thin are the rings of Saturn? Saturn's rings to be about one kilometer thick, making them many times thinner, in relative proportion, than a razor blade. This thinness sometimes appears in dramatic fashion during an image taken nearly along the ring plane.


Эруптивный протуберанец на Солнце A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO
6.03.2011

One of the most spectacular solar sights is an erupting prominence. Two weeks ago, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressively large prominence erupting from the surface. The dramatic explosion...


Астероиды вдалеке Asteroids in the Distance
5.03.2011

Rocks from space hit Earth every day. The larger the rock, though, the less often Earth is struck. Many kilograms of space dust pitter to Earth daily. Larger bits appear initially as a bright meteor. Baseball-sized rocks and ice-balls streak through our atmosphere daily, most evaporating quickly to nothing.


Остывающая нейтронная звезда Cooling Neutron Star
4.03.2011

Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cass A) is a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the Cass A supernova, the death explosion of a massive star, first reached Earth just 330 years ago.


Туманность NGC 6914 NGC 6914 Nebulae
3.03.2011

A dramatic study in contrasts, this colorful skyscape features stars, dust, and glowing gas in NGC 6914. The complex of nebulae lies some 6,000 light-years away, toward the high-flying northern constellation Cygnus and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.


Видимая сторона Луны Lunar Nearside
2.03.2011

About 1,300 images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft's wide angle camera were used to compose this spectacular view of a familiar face - the lunar nearside. But why is there a lunar nearside? The Moon rotates on its axis and orbits the Earth at the same rate, about once every 28 days.


NGC 1499: туманность Калифорния NGC 1499: The California Nebula
1.03.2011

What's California doing in space? Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the outline of California on the west coast of the United States.


First page ] Prev. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | NextLast page ]

 < April 2011  >
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su




123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December