按月归档: 8 月 2023

SN 1006: 哈勃的超新星缎带

2023年8月6日 SN 1006: A Supernova Ribbon from Hubble Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgement: W. Blair et al. (JHU) Explanation: What created this unusual space ribbon? The answer: one of the most violent explosions ever witnessed by ancient humans. Back in the year 1006 AD, light reached Earth from a stellar explosion in the constellat...

NGC 1360:知更鸟蛋星云

2023年8月5日 NGC 1360: The Robin’s Egg Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Dong Liang Explanation: This pretty nebula lies some 1,500 light-years away, its shape and color in this telescopic view reminiscent of a robin’s egg. The cosmic cloud spans about 3 light-years, nestled securely within the boundaries of the southern constellation Fornax. Re...

八月的月光束

2023年8月4日 Moonrays of August Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Tumino Explanation: A Full Moon rose as the Sun set on August 1. Near perigee, the closest point in its almost moonthly orbit, the brighter than average lunar disk illuminated night skies around planet Earth as the second supermoon of 2023. Seen here above Ragusa, Sicily, cloud banks cast div...

从国际空间站看巴格达

United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi captured this image of the city lights of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Tigris River on July 18, 2023, as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Middle Eastern nation. Since the station became operational in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, ocea...

猎鹰与红石火箭

2023年8月3日 The Falcon and the Redstone Image Credit & Copyright: Matt Haskell Explanation: In a photo from the early hours of July 29 (UTC), a Redstone rocket and Mercury capsule are on display at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5. Beyond the Redstone, the 8 minute long exposure has captured the arcing launch streak of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The Fal...

NASA的SpaceX Crew-7机组成员为他们的任务做准备

On April 28, 2023, the Crew-7 members (from left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa) took a moment to snap a photo atop an emergency egress vehicle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-7 wi...

詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜聚焦El Gordo星系团中的引力弧

一张名为“El Gordo”的星系团的新图像揭示了以前从未见过的遥远的尘埃物体,并提供了大量新的科学证据。这幅红外图像由NASA的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜拍摄,显示了各种不寻常的、扭曲的背景星系,这些星系只在之前的哈勃太空望远镜图像中有所暗示。

M82:有超级星系风的星系

2023年8月2日 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Harshwardhan Pathak Explanation: Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke? M82, as this starburst galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81. This doesn’t fully explain the source of the red-glowing outwardly expand...