... 2008 September 8 . Rosetta Spacecraft Passes Asteroid Steins . Credit Copyright: Rosetta Team , ESA . ... Such was the case on Friday for ESA 's Rosetta spacecraft on its way to comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. ... Space scientists will now study the data taken by Rosetta of asteroid Steins in an effort to better understand its composition, origin, and why the asteroid reflects light so well. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... January 29, 1998 . The Earth-Moon System . Credit: NEAR Spacecraft Team , JHUAPL , NASA . Explanation: This evocative mosaic image of the Earth-Moon system was recorded by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft earlier this month. ... During this recent flyby of the Earth-Moon system , the NEAR spacecraft used Earth's gravity to deflect it towards its ultimate destination, the Asteroid 433 Eros. It is scheduled to arrive at Eros in January 1999. ... About APOD > . ...

Supernova 1987A in LMC . One day in 1987, an astronomer by the name of Ian Shelton was making observations of the Tarantula Nebula in Large Magellanic cloud at Las Campanas Observatory, and he noticed something strange on his image. ... SN 1987A got as bright as 2.7, the only other recent SN even to come close was 1885A in M31 which got up to mag 6. ... Mag 4.5 . ... IAUC 4318 2/25/87 Type II? ... IAUC 7354 2/1/00 New structure in the inner ring . ... IAUC 7360 2/7/00 HST observation of new spot . ...

. Первая Бюраканская Международная Летняя Школа для молодых астрономов "НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЬНАЯ АСТРОФИЗИКА". КАЛЕНДАРЬ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЙ 2006 ГОДА . FIRST BYURAKAN INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR YOUNG ASTRONOMERS "OBSERVATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS". "ТЕСНЫЕ ДВОЙНЫЕ ЗВЕЗДЫ В СОВРЕМЕННОЙ АСТРОФИЗИКЕ", приурочена к 100-летию известного исследователя двойных звезд, проф. Д.Я.Мартынова. «ЗВЕЗДНЫЕ СИСТЕМЫ», посвященная 100-летию со дня рождения П.П.Паренаго . "АСТРОНОМИЯ 2006: ТРАДИЦИИ, НАСТОЯЩЕЕ И БУДУЩЕЕ" .

... Отмеченная наградами АстроТоп-а . ... 1) К участию в конкурсе допускаются все российские сайты на тему астрономии и космонавтики, и все русскоязычные сайты за пределами России. ... II) Сайт года . ... Победитель: Астронет - http://www.astronet.ru/ : подано голосов экспертов - 109 (всего - 129) . ... 3-е место разделили: Астрономия и Телескопостроение - http://www.astronomer.ru/ и Лента новостей космонавтики от Железнякова - http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/hotnews/ : подано по 37 голосов; ...

... Here is a brief outline of the current theory of the events in the early history of the solar system: . A cloud of interstellar gas and/or dust (the "solar nebula") is disturbed and collapses under its own gravity. ... The gas cools off enough for the metal, rock and (far enough from the forming star) ice to condense out into tiny particles. (i.e. some of the gas turns back into dust). ... Once the larger of these particles get big enough to have a nontrivial gravity, their growth accelerates. ...