Otkryto tri novyh super-Zemli.
18.06.2008 13:30 | N.T. Ashimbaeva/GAISh, Moskva

Evropeiskie astronomy anonsirovali zamechatel'nyi proryv v oblasti issledovaniya vnesolnechnyh planet. Ispol'zuya instrument HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher ) na observatorii ESO La Silla, oni obnaruzhili troinuyu sistemu planet vokrug zvezdy HD 40307.

Piramidal'nye kristally l'da sozdayut galo nad Finlyandiei
18.06.2008 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chto proizoidet, esli atmosfera nad vami stanet odnoi gigantskoi linzoi? Eto mozhet sluchit'sya, kogda s neba padaet pochti prozrachnyi sloi iz odinakovo orientirovannyh, imeyushih formu piramidy ledyanyh kristallov. Eti ledyanye kristally deistvuyut vmeste kak milliony malen'kih ledyanyh zerkal. Vnutrennie i naruzhnye otrazheniya ot razlichnyh granei sozdayut dugi i galo s raznymi radiusami.