AstroEnglish: 1. Chto takoe 'of' i kak s nim borot'sya
31.01.2013 23:36 | Natal'ya Orlova/Astronet

S detstva my usvoili, chto v angliiskom yazyke sushestvitel'nye ne imeyut padezhnyh okonchanii, chto vygodno otlichaet ego pri izuchenii ot russkogo, azerbaidzhanskogo, latinskogo, grecheskogo yazykov, sanskrita. Horosho, chto slovo ne menyaetsya! No, kak voditsya, lyuboi "plyus" oborachivaetsya "minusom".

NGC 4372 i tumannost' Temnaya shtuchka
31.01.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Voshititel'naya tumannost' Temnaya shtuchka, plyvushaya po yuzhnomu nebu v sozvezdii Muhi, yavlyaetsya privlekatel'noi cel'yu dlya binoklei zemnyh nablyudatelei. Eto temnoe oblako kosmicheskoi pyli vydelyaetsya na fone zvezd chut' yuzhnee horosho zametnoi tumannosti Ugol'nyi meshok i sozvezdiya Yuzhnogo kresta.

Atlas-V zapuskaet sputnik TDRS-K
1.02.2013 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Pozadi polya s antennami dlya svyazi so sputnikami v Kosmicheskom centre im.Kennedi raketa Atlas-V startuet na orbitu, ostaviv yarkii sled na fotografii s dlinnoi ekspoziciei. Tshatel'no skomponovannyi snimok byl sdelan vecherom 30-go yanvarya.