Galo tumannosti NGC 6164
22.05.2014 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Krasivaya emissionnaya tumannost' NGC 6164 sozdana redkoi goryachei i yarkoi zvezdoi spektral'nogo klassa O, kotoraya v 40 raz massivnee Solnca. Zvezde, kotoruyu mozhno razglyadet' v centre etogo kosmicheskogo oblaka, vsego 3-4 milliona let ot rodu. A cherez eshe 3-4 milliona let zvezda zakonchit svoyu zhizn', vzorvavshis' kak Sverhnovaya.

Grozovoe oblako superyacheika formiruetsya nad Vaiomingom
21.05.2014 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Kak obrazuyutsya grozovye superyacheiki? Segodnyashnee video, snyatoe v proshloe voskresen'e, pokazyvaet v detalyah obrazovanie ogromnoi grozovoi superyacheiki na vostoke shtata Vaioming, SShA. V nachale oblako bylo prosto chast'yu bol'shogo grozovogo kompleksa, a potom ono razvilos' v superyacheiku, plyvushuyu vmeste s shirokim, vrashayushimsya voshodyashim potokom vozduha, nazyvaemym mezociklon.