Lunar Dust and Duct Tape . ... Credit Copyright: Apollo 17 , NASA Explanation: Why is the Moon dusty ? ... On the Moon , the long history of micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of powdery lunar soil or regolith . ... On the lunar surface in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan needed to repair one of their lunar rover's fenders in an effort to keep the "rooster tails" of dust away from themselves and their gear. ...
. Планета Земля: Восход Луны . << Вчера . 28.10.2000 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
... Астронет | ... планета Астронет | ... A Flag Shaped Aurora over Sweden . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: aurora - Sweden - полярное сияние - северное сияние . Публикации со словами: aurora - Sweden - полярное сияние - северное сияние . ... Северное сияние над Лапландией . Полярные сияния и магнитосфера Юпитера . ... Северное сияние "феникс" над Исландией . ... Исландские легенды и полярное сияние . ...
IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula . ... Credit Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight , CFHT Explanation: How did this nebula get created? The Cocoon Nebula , cataloged as IC 5146, is a strikingly beautiful nebula located about 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of Cygnus . Inside the Cocoon is a newly developing open cluster of stars. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day ...
. Планета Юрия Гагарина . << Вчера . 12.04.2008 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
. Венера и Семь Сестер . << Вчера . 6.04.2012 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
. NGC 604: гигантский звездный инкубатор . << Вчера . 11.04.1998 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
... Love and War by Moonlight . ... Credit Copyright: Kevin Bourque Explanation: Venus , named for the Roman goddess of love, and Mars , the war god's namesake, came together by moonlight in this lovely skyview, recorded on February 20 from Charleston, South Carolina, USA, planet Earth. ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: Venus - Mars - Moon - conjunction - Венера - Марс - Луна - Соединение планет . Публикации со словами: Venus - Mars - Moon - conjunction - Венера - Марс - Луна - Соединение планет . ...
... Credit Copyright: Stan Richard Explanation: On April 23rd, the Moon along with planets Saturn, Mars, and Venus (and planet Earth of course ...) were all visible in the west at twilight, captured here from a site near Saylorvillle Lake north of Des Moines, Iowa, USA. ... After sunset tonight, the western sky will present a similar arrangement of planets, although the Moon will have moved east out of the picture, passing bright Jupiter along the ecliptic and heading for May 4th's total lunar eclipse ....
. Фомальгаут Б . << Вчера . 14.11.2008 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
. Большое желтое пятно на Юпитере . << Вчера . 11.03.1997 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
... Астронет | ... Contrasting Terrains on Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko . ... Credit Copyright: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team ; MPS /UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Explanation: Where should Philae land? ... Reaching the comet earlier this month, Rosetta is sending back detailed pictures of the comet's unusual nucleus from which a smooth landing site will be selected. ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: comet - comet nucleus - кометы . Публикации со словами: comet - comet nucleus - кометы . ...
... W5: Pillars of Star Formation . ... Images of the star forming region W5 like those in the infrared by NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite provide clear clues with indications that massive stars near the center of empty cavities are older than stars near the edges. ... The triggered star formation occurs when hot outflowing gas compresses cooler gas into knots dense enough to gravitationally contract into stars. ... Публикации со словами: star formation - звездообразование . ...
Perseids of Summer . ... For the northern hemisphere, this regular celestial display is known as the annual Perseid meteor shower -- so named because the meteor trails all appear traceable to a common "radiant point" in the constellation Perseus. This gorgeous wide-angle photo from the 1997 shower captures a 20-degree-long fireball meteor and another, fainter Perseid meteor trail in a rich area of the northern summer Milky Way . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...
. Периодическая комета Свифта-Туттля . << Вчера . 19.02.1996 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
Ikeya Zhang: Comet Over Colorado . ... Credit Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College ) Explanation: Comet Ikeya-Zhang ("ee-KAY-uh JONG") has become a most photogenic comet . ... To the comet's left is the bright star Mirach or Beta Andromedae while the stretched celestial fuzzball to the comet's right is M31 or the Andromeda galaxy , the nearest bright spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...
. Туманность Е в Орле . << Вчера . 20.08.2003 . Завтра >> . Authors editors: Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply . A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . Michigan Tech. U. По материалам Astronomy Picture Of the Day
... Астронет | ... планета Астронет | ... Приливной хвост галактики Гамбургер . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: spiral galaxy - edge-on spiral - interacting galaxies - спиральная галактика - галактика . Публикации со словами: spiral galaxy - edge-on spiral - interacting galaxies - спиральная галактика - галактика . ... NGC 134: галактика в Скульпторе . NGC 3310: спиральная галактика с вспышкой звездообразования . ... Галактики в Реке . ...
... Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri . ... 29.05.2014 . ... Credit Copyright: CEDIC Team , Processing - Christoph Kaltseis Explanation: Globular star cluster Omega Centauri , also known as NGC 5139, is some 15,000 light-years away. ... May 2014 . ... Publications with keywords: Omega Centauri - globular cluster . Publications with words: Omega Centauri - globular cluster . ... Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc . ... Comet Lovejoy before a Globular Star Cluster . ... Globular Cluster M15 from Hubble . ...