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15/04/2025
LA TERRE VUE DU CIEL - Les dunes en étoile du Grand Erg Oriental (Algérie)
ANIMAUX - Le macaque rhésus
ASTRONOMY - Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. E. Ressler (JPL) et al.; Processing: Judy Schmidt
Explanation: What happens when a star runs out of nuclear fuel? For stars like our Sun, the center condenses into a white dwarf while the outer atmosphere is expelled into space to appear as a planetary nebula. The expelled outer atmosphere of planetary nebula NGC 1514 appears to be a jumble of bubbles -- when seen in visible light. But the view from the James Webb Space Telescope in infrared, as featured here, confirms a different story: in this light the nebula shows a distinct hourglass shape, which is interpreted as a cylinder seen along a diagonal. If you look closely at the center of the nebula, you can also see a bright central star that is part of a binary system. More observations might better reveal how this nebula is evolving and how the central stars are working together to produce the interesting cylinder and bubbles observed.
14/04/2025
LA TERRE VUE DU CIEL - Le mont Pavlof. Le volcan le plus actif d'Alaska
SANTé/MEDECINE - ADN - L’ADN du ver Caenorhabditis elegans marqué au Dapi
ASTRONOMY - The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
2025 April 14
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, S. Crowe (UVA), J. Bally (CU), R. Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), I. Heywood (Oxford)
Explanation: What's happening at the center of our galaxy? It's hard to tell with optical telescopes since visible light is blocked by intervening interstellar dust. In other bands of light, though, such as radio, the galactic center can be imaged and shows itself to be quite an interesting and active place. The featured picture shows an image of our Milky Way's center by the MeerKAT array of 64 radio dishes in South Africa. Spanning four times the angular size of the Moon (2 degrees), the image is impressively vast, deep, and detailed. Many known sources are shown in clear detail, including many with a prefix of Sgr, since the galactic center is in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. In our galaxy's center lies Sgr A, found here in the image center, which houses the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole. Other sources in the image are not as well understood, including the Arc, just to the left of Sgr A, and numerous filamentary threads. The inset image shows a small patch recently imaged in infrared light with the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the effects of magnetic fields on star formation.
13/04/2025
SANTé/MEDECINE - ADN - Voir l'ADN à l'œil nu grâce à la précipitation en pelote
LA TERRE VUE DU CIEL - Le cratère de Serra da Cangalha au Brésil
ASTRONOMY - An Unusual Hole in Mars
2025 April 13
Image Credit: NASA, MRO, HiRISE, JPL, U. Arizona
Explanation: What created this unusual hole in Mars? Actually, there are numerous holes pictured in this Swiss cheese-like landscape, with all-but-one of them showing a dusty, dark, Martian terrain beneath evaporating, light, carbon dioxide ice. The most unusual hole is on the upper right, spans about 100 meters, and seems to punch through to a lower level. Why this hole exists and why it is surrounded by a circular crater remains a topic of speculation, although a leading hypothesis is that it was created by a meteor impact. Holes such as this are of particular interest because they might be portals to lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves. If so, these naturally occurring tunnels are relatively protected from the harsh surface of Mars, making them relatively good candidates to contain Martian life. These pits are therefore also prime targets for possible future spacecraft, robots, and even human interplanetary explorers.
12/04/2025
LA TERRE VUE DU CIEL - Le mont Saint Helens après éruption
ASTRONOMY - A Leaky Solar Prominence
2025 August 26 A Leaky Solar Prominence Video Credit & Copyright: Andrea Girones Explanation: What's hovering above the Sun? A s...
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2022 September 26 All the Water on Planet Earth Illustration Credit: Jack Cook, Adam Nieman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ; Data ...
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2025 January 14 North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust Image Credit & Copyright: Davide Coverta Explanation: Why is Polaris called ...