astronomy

2023-12-08 @ 16.03.30 ∈ Suomeksi

Tähdet ja avaruus: Suomen ensimmäiset revontulikuvat löytyivät

Heikki Nevanlinnan arkistovierailu tuotti yllätyksen. Kellarin kätköissä piilotteli kuvakokoelma, jonka otaksuttiin tuhoutuneen Lapin sodan aikana.

2023-12-06 @ 17.21.32 ∈ In English

‘Impossible’ orange auroras spotted in UK after solar storm slams into Earth

Rarely seen orange [auroras] were recently photographed in the sky above Scotland after an explosive solar storm smashed into Earth.

2023-08-17 @ 20.14.20 ∈ In English

Neptune's Disappearing Clouds Linked to the Solar Cycle

The link between Neptune and solar activity is surprising to planetary scientists because Neptune is our solar system's farthest major planet and receives sunlight with about 0.1% of the intensity Earth receives.

2023-05-13 @ 22.10.28 ∈ In English

New study puts a definitive age on Saturn’s rings: They’re really young

The research, published May 12 in the journal Science Advances, pegs the age of Saturn's rings at no more than 400 million years old. That makes the rings much younger than Saturn itself, which is about 4.5 billion years old.

2023-05-05 @ 20.25.23 ∈ In English

New Study of Uranus’ Large Moons Shows 4 May Hold Water

Re-analysis of data from NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, along with new computer modeling, has led NASA scientists to conclude that four of Uranus’ largest moons likely contain an ocean layer between their cores and icy crusts.

2023-05-03 @ 18.13.11 ∈ Lorem ipsum

NASA Animation Sizes Up the Biggest Black Holes

This new NASA animation highlights the “super” in supermassive black holes. These monsters lurk in the centers of most big galaxies, including our own Milky Way, and contain between 100,000 and tens of billions of times more mass than our Sun.

2023-04-08 @ 17.59.01 ∈ Suomeksi

Global CTX Mosaic of Mars

Tähdet ja avaruus: Marsin pinnasta julkaistiin selailtava kartta 6 metrin erotustarkkuudella

Naapuriplaneetan yksityiskohtia voi nyt tarkastella kattavammin kuin koskaan ennen. Nasa on julkaissut selailtavan kuvamosaiikin käytännössä koko Marsin pinnasta.

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