Severnoe siyanie – "feniks" nad Islandiei
24.02.2024 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Vse ostal'nye nablyudateli severnogo siyaniya uzhe ushli domoi. Eto byla tihaya noch' v sentyabre v Islandii, i k 3:30 utra severnye siyaniya pochti potuhli. Odnako vnezapno novyi shkval chastic ustremilsya vniz iz kosmosa, i zemnaya atmosfera snova osvetilas'.

Smotrya v storonu s solnechnogo zonda "Parker"
18.02.2024 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chto proishodit okolo Solnca? Chtoby vyyasnit' eto, v 2018 godu NASA zapustilo avtomaticheskii solnechnyi zond "Parker" (Parker Solar Probe – PSP), chtoby vpervye issledovat' blizkie k Solncu oblasti. Obrashayas' vokrug Solnca po imeyushei formu petel' orbite, PSP s kazhdym oborotom, prodolzhayushimsya neskol'ko mesyacev, vse blizhe priblizhaetsya k Solncu.