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28 Of The Most Breathtaking Astronomy Photographs Of The Year 2020 Have Just Been Revealed. Is there anything more breathtaking and surreal than outer space?

28 Of The Most Breathtaking Astronomy Photographs Of The Year 2020 Have Just Been Revealed

Often, I feel like there absolutely isn't. Maybe it's because of all the celestial masterpieces stars, galaxies, and planets paint, effortlessly sweeping us off our feet? Or maybe we feel this way about space because it's something we can't touch, tame, or change? Voici la première photo prise à l’intérieur de la couronne solaire. QUIZ. Connaissez-vous bien les constellations ? Révisez-les avec nous pour briller lors de la Nuit des étoiles. Photos From The NASA’s Instagram (34 pics) La première image très étoilée du nouveau télescope spatial de la Nasa. TESS, le tout nouveau télescope spatial de la Nasa, a pris sa première photo le 17 mai 2018.

La première image très étoilée du nouveau télescope spatial de la Nasa

Lorsque cette image a été capturée, le satellite était à environ 8 000 kilomètres de la Lune, en plein survol lunaire. © Nasa Cette photo a été prise par l’un des quatre yeux du chasseur de planètes, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). Un test que l’équipe a souhaité faire avec une exposition de deux secondes. Il est prévu que ce télescope spatial, lancé le 18 avril 2018 depuis la base du cap Canaveral en Floride, photographie plus de 400 fois le ciel durant ses deux années de chasse d’exoplanètes.

L’image obtenue (ci-dessus) fait apparaître plus de 200 000 étoiles appartenant à la constellation méridionale du Centaure, dont notamment l’étoile brillante Beta Centauri (dixième étoile la plus brillante du ciel nocturne). Le 30 mai prochain, TESS entamera un survol de la Terre afin de sillonner le ciel en orbite elliptique. Size Comparison of the Universe 2018. TIMELAPSE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. FTL (Court-métrage de science-fiction) Lecteur : - Vous aimez le site, affichez les pubs :) Code embed L'astronaute Kane s'apprête à voyager plus vite que la lumière aux commandes du vaisseau « Longshot » pour rejoindre l'orbite de Mars pour y déployer un satellite quantique.

FTL (Court-métrage de science-fiction)

Réussira-t-il sa mission ? « FTL » (Faster Than Light) est un court-métrage de science-fiction réalisé par Adam Stern. court-metrage espace ftl lumiere science-fiction vaisseau vitesse. 20+ Of The Funniest Reactions To Elon Musk Sending Tesla Car To Mars. SpaceX has successfully launched its heaviest rocket yet, the Falcon Heavy.

20+ Of The Funniest Reactions To Elon Musk Sending Tesla Car To Mars

After years of delay and technical issues, the rocket took to the skies to much awe and admiration, with 2 out of 3 boosters returning to Earth in perfect sync, intact and ready to be refurbished and used again. A truly remarkable and game-changing event. Show Full Text. Beautiful Nebulas (40 pics) The Best Satellite Images of 2012 (20 pics) Watch: The life and death of black holes explained. Some Of The Strangest Exoplanets In Space. Des "îles magiques" apparaissent à la surface de Titan, une lune de Saturne - Ubergizmo France. Des scientifiques ont découvert des formations qui ressemblent à des îles brillantes protéiformes à la surface de Titan, la plus grosse lune de Saturne.

Des "îles magiques" apparaissent à la surface de Titan, une lune de Saturne - Ubergizmo France

Les images radar qui ont permis cette découverte ont été prise par la sonde Cassini entre 2007 et 2015. Les analyses effectuées par les scientifiques de Cassini indiquent que ces formes brillantes, officieusement baptisées “îles magiques”, changent avec le temps. Ils pensent que ces formes sont modifiées soit par des vagues ou des solides qui se trouveraient à la surface ou en-dessous, soit par des bulles. Quand on lit ça, on se dit qu’en réalité les scientifiques n’en savent rien. Mais si on leur demande, ils pensent que la piste des vagues est l’explication la plus plausible. Les images montrent aussi des caractéristiques similaires dans le Kraken Mare, une autre région de Titan. On peut voir l’évolution d’une de ces îles magiques au bord d’un lac d’hydrocarbure baptisé Ligeia Mare. Voyage Au Coeur d'un TROU NOIR. Google Maps : Hyperlapse autour du monde.

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Every Space Exploration Mission Explained In One Detailed Poster (8 pics) Category: Pics | Today, 00:02 | Views: 1047 | +8 | Pop Chart Lab put this chart together so that they could have all of the relevant information regarding past space exploration missions on one poster.

Every Space Exploration Mission Explained In One Detailed Poster (8 pics)

The result is a massive poster that shows just how much work goes into launching something into outer space. The inner solar system resembles a tangled web because it has been extensively explored. We can see how many missions to Jupiter and Saturn have focused on exploring their moons. The great distances of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto have made it difficult to send more than just a few missions to them. Les ondes gravitationnelles en quatre questions. Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par David Larousserie Prédites par Albert Einstein en 1916, les ondes gravitationnelles viennent d’être détectées par des instruments américains.

Les ondes gravitationnelles en quatre questions

Mais qu’est-ce exactement ? Watch: The facts behind the most common misconceptions about space. Space is big - no one's going to fight you on that fact - but the enormity of our cosmic backyard and the crazy physics that govern everything beyond it can be tough to comprehend.

Watch: The facts behind the most common misconceptions about space

So tough, the unofficial rule is if you think you've got it all figured out, you probably understand very little. It's no wonder that misconceptions about space are so easily spread among us, but do you want to know the best thing about getting the facts straight? The actual science is far more fascinating than those myths will ever be. In the episode of Mental Floss above, Elliott starts off with a really basic fact that so many of us get wrong, mostly because we don't really think about it that much - the Sun might look like a burning ball of flames, but it isn't actually on fire. The Best Space Photos That 2015 Had To Offer (21 pics) Category: Pics | Today, 00:03 | Views: 1074 | +6 | 2015 was a big year for space exploration and various telescopes and satellites were able to capture some incredible photographs of our galaxy and beyond.

The Best Space Photos That 2015 Had To Offer (21 pics)

Let's take a look back on some of the best space photos of 2015. La NASA dévoile une vidéo hypnotique du Soleil en haute résolution. L’agence spatiale américaine a dévoilé une longue vidéo du Soleil et de son intense activité en très haute résolution. À regarder en plein écran. À force de l’avoir en permanence au-dessus de nous, on finirait par l’oublier. Le Soleil, moteur et carburant de notre système, est un corps incroyablement complexe et hyperactif.

Entre les éruptions solaires, dont la taille peut atteindre sept fois le diamètre de la Terre et libérer la puissance de dizaines de millions d’éruptions volcaniques, et les tempêtes solaires (ou éjection de masse coronale), responsables des aurores boréales et, probablement un jour, d’une catastrophe mondiale (comme a pu connaître le Québec en 1989), l’astre solaire n’est pas la placide boule blanche que l’on observe chaque jour. Et la NASA est là pour nous le rappeler. Les “images” du SDO, prises toutes les douze secondes, sont capturées en dix longueurs d’ondes différentes de lumière ultraviolette. 5 Of The Most Frightening Moments In The History Of Spaceflight. Halloween is that time of year when we celebrate the scary, terrifying, and downright spooky. So what better time to look at some of the most hair-raising moments in space? We’ve been a space-faring species for almost six decades now, and along the way there have been some nail-biting moments when catastrophe seemed imminent.

More Than 8,400 Pictures From The Apollo Missions Have Been Released Online (36 pics) Category: Pics | Today, 00:02 | Views: 1471 | +12 | In what has been one giant leap for photography fans, more than 8,400 hi-definition images from the Apollo missions have hit the Internet. It's a beautiful look at space and they really show the world see what it's like to be up there, away from it all. NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Takes Some Spectacular Pictures Of Outer Space (17 pics) Category: Pics | Yesterday, 00:01 | Views: 2852 | +34 | NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has a view of outer space that humans could only dream of. This is our solar system like you've never seen it before. Hubble Offered A Rare, Ring-Side Seat At The Death Of A Star. During its impressive 25 years the Hubble Space Telescope has captured numerous remarkable views of the universe, providing astronomers with a wealth of data for making astounding discoveries. Of all the beautiful astronomical objects observed by Hubble one of the most awe-inspiring is the massive, dying star V838 Moncerotis.

Hubble’s longevity has provided astronomers with a series of detailed images of V838 Mon captured between May 2002 and September 2006: the result is a fascinating “time-lapse” that uniquely illuminates the evolution of this massive, super-giant star. Hubble’s exceptionally sharp focus of V838 Mon offered a ring-side seat at the slow death of the star and excited astrophysicists with the chance to study the physics of the light, matter and microscopic dust of the interstellar medium. V838 Monocerotis in April 2002, as the first flash of bright blue light emanates from the star. NASA\ESA\H E Bond. Voyage en 3D dans la nébuleuse Gum 29 avec le télescope Hubble. 9 Reasons To Watch The Sky In 2015 (infographic) How small is planet earth ! Renaud Margry. Si le soleil était remplacé par d'autres étoiles. Voyage à la surface du Soleil. Pilot Captures Rare Celestial Phenomenon (4 pics) Pics | 7 Oct, 2014 | Views: 2699 | Pilots have a great view of the world.

While flying through Vivaro, Italy, during a thunderstorm a pilot recently snapped these photos of the red lights which is one of the rarest celestial phenomenons known to man. It looks great in pictures, we can only imagine how amazing it must have looked in person. Amazing Photos Of Space From The Hubble Telescope (98 pics) Pics | 24 Sep, 2014 | Views: 2961 | The Hubble Telescope is one of the most powerful telescopes ever created and it gets to see the farthest reaches of the universe. The pictures that this thing takes have on thing in common, they're all equally as stunning. Do you like it? Top 10 Unsolved Mysteries of Science. Despite what cable news may tell you, scientists don’t really squabble over if evolution is real (it is) or if the climate is changing faster than can be explained by naturally-occurring phenomena (it is) or if vaccines are regarded as safe and recommended for most children (they are).

Sure, there may be fine points within those categories that are debatable, but not to the extent that is commonly described by talking heads on TV. However, that’s not to say that scientists perfectly understand everything about the ways of the Universe. Physicist Brian Cox once said: “I'm comfortable with the unknown—that’s the point of science.

There are places out there, billions of places out there, that we know nothing about. And the fact that we know nothing about them excites me, and I want to go out and find out about them. VIDEO - Illustris: la formation de l'univers retracée en 6 minutes. Certains refont le match, d'autres le Big Bang et ce qui a suivi. Ainsi, des scientifiques du M.I.T. (Massassuchetts Institute of Technology) ont reconstitué l'évolution d'une portion de l'univers visible et produit des images d'une précision jusque-là inégalée. Illustris est le nom de baptême de cet extraodinaire programme. Illustris Simulation: Most detailed simulation of our Universe. When Our Sun Will Begin to Die (8 pics) Pics | 31 Mar, 2014 | Views: 5264 | The death of the Sun will be devastating for our planet.

But we still have over 1 billion years to deal with it. Top 25 des merveilles du Cosmos vues par la NASA, l’espace du point de vue d’Hubble. If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the solar system. Mercury Venus Earth You Are Here Moon Mars. Very Interesting Facts About the Universe (25 pics) Amazing Space Facts (16 pics) A star in our galactic neighbourhood just exploded! Super-Kamiokande (22 pics) Scale of the Universe, Jeux de réflexion gratuit en ligne - Jeux.com - Jouer gratuitement à Scale of the Universe. Fifty Unbelievable Facts About Earth. Beautiful Space Photos (21 pics) In-Flight Movie! Aurora Flight Nov 2013. If Moon Would Be Much Closer to Earth. Earth Views from Space (31 pics) Unbelievable Things in Space That Actually Exist (25 pics) Interesting Facts About The Largest Known Galaxy.

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