Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya (APOD)
Sluhi o strannoi Vselennoi
2.12.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Tri goda nazad vpervye byli obnarodovany rezul'taty nablyudenii, svidetel'stvuyushie o tom, chto bol'shaya chast' energii v nashei Vselennoi soderzhitsya ne v zvezdah i galaktikah, a svyazana s samim prostranstvom. Na svoem professional'nom yazyke kosmologi govoryat, chto "iz novyh nablyudenii dalekih sverhnovyh neposredstvenno sleduet bol'shaya velichina kosmologicheskoi postoyannoi".
Bol'shoe temnoe pyatno Neptuna: propavshee, no ne zabytoe
1.12.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Kogda kosmicheskii apparat NASA "Voyadzher-2" proletal mimo dalekogo Neptuna v avguste 1982 goda, astronomy byli kraine udivleny. Poskol'ku Neptun poluchaet vsego 3 procenta solnechnogo sveta, otrazhaemogo Yupiterom, oni ozhidali uvidet' temnuyu, holodnuyu, spyashuyu planetu. Vmesto etogo na snimkah Voyadzhera pered nami predstal dinamichnyi i turbulentnyi mir.
Zvuki meteornogo dozhdya
30.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Na etoi zamechatel'noi chetyrehkadrovoi animacii viden bolid i razvitie ego dovol'no ustoichivogo dymnogo sleda. Snimki byli sdelany dve nedeli nazad vblizi goroda Sal'vadora, Braziliya. Podobnoe zrelishe horosho znakomo nablyudatelyam po vsemu miru, kotorym dovelos' uvidet' v noyabre bogatyi bolidami meteornyi dozhd' Leonid.
Nishodyashii koronal'nyi potok
29.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Poslednee vremya aktivnoe Solnce, vybrasyvalo v nashu storonu intensivnye potoki chastic solnechnogo vetra i oblaka plazmy, chto privodilo k poyavleniyu velichestvennyh polyarnyh siyanii. No vmeste s tem, vse bol'she nakaplivaetsya strannyh nablyudenii, vypolnennyh priborom...
Obnaruzhena atmosfera u planety vne Solnechnoi sistemy
28.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Pryamoe obnaruzhenie atmosfery u planety vne Solnechnoi sistemy - eshe odin shag chelovechestva na puti k obnaruzheniyu vnezemnoi zhizni. Eto neozhidannoe otkrytie bylo sdelano Devidom Charbannau (David Charbonneau, Kaliforniiskii tehnologicheskii institut) s kollegami po rezul'tatam nablyudeniya na Kosmicheskom teleskope im. Habbla zvezdy HD 209458, pohozhei na Solnce. Kogda obrashayushayasya vokrug nee planeta, prohodit mezhdu
Drevnie sloistye otlozheniya na Marse
27.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Chto izobrazheno na etom snimke - Mars ili Zemlya? Kak ni stranno, eto izobrazhenie Marsa. To, chto napominaet zemnuyu beregovuyu liniyu, v deistvitel'nosti obrazovano drevnimi sloistymi porodami i nanesennym vetrom marsianskim peskom. Predstavlennyi na snimke uchastok imeet v poperechnike okolo treh kilometrov i raspolozhen v kratere Skiaparelli.
Leonidy s dorogi
26.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Inogda nuzhno prosto ostanovit'sya i nablyudat' meteory. Rannim utrom 18 noyabrya gruppa iz odinnadcati chelovek iskala rovnoe i bezoblachnoe mesto, chtoby pronablyudat' meteornyi dozhd' Leonid. Oni vyehali iz central'noi Aiovy izobrazheniya s meteosputnika pokazyvali, chto luchshim mestom dlya nablyudenii mozhet okazat'sya yuzhnaya Minnesota. Tuda oni i napravlyalis'.
M16: Zvezdy vyluplyayutsya iz orlinyh yaic
25.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
V Tumannosti Orla rozhdayutsya zvezdy. Na etom snimke, poluchennom v 1995 godu s pomosh'yu Kosmicheskogo Teleskopa imeni Habbla, vidny isparyayushiesya gazovye a globuly (angliiskaya abbreviatura EGG -- ot evaporating gaseous globules -- oznachaet yaico), kotorye othodyat ot stolbov, obrazovannyh molekulyarnym vodorodom i pyl'yu.
Merkurii Marinera
24.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
Blizhaishaya k Solncu planeta Merkurii ostaetsya samoi tainstvennoi sredi vnutrennih planet Solnechnoi sistemy. Pryachas' v luchah Solnca, Merkurii yavlyaetsya ob'ektom, trudnym dlya nablyudeniya s Zemli. Edinstvennym kosmicheskim apparatom, issledovavshim Merkurii s blizkogo rasstoyaniya, byl "Mariner-10", vypolnivshii dva proleta vblizi Merkuriya v 1974 i 1975 godah, i osmotrevshii okolo 45 procentov poverhnosti planety.
Podschet padayushei pyli
23.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya
18 noyabrya v yasnyi temnyi bezlunnyi predrassvetnyi chas na beisbol'nom pole v Grinbelte (Greenbelt), Merilend yabloku negde bylo upast'. Sobravshayasya tolpa, zataiv dyhanie, smotrela v nebo, lish' izredka peregovarivayas' blagogoveinym shepotom. "Skol'ko ty naschital?" sprashival kto-to. Nekotorye uzhe davno sbilis' so scheta. Drugie za korotkoe vremya naschityvali sotni meteorov-Leonid.