从太空中拍摄到的地球冰川和冰原的新延时视频——有些已有近50年历史——为科学家提供了了解地球冰冻区域变化的新视角。 从太空中拍摄的地球冰川和冰原的新延时视频跨越了近50年，为科学家们提供了了解地球冰冻区域变化的新视角。 来源：NASA / Matt Radcliff 在12月9日于旧金山举行的美国地球物理联合会年会上的一次新闻发布会上，科学家使用来自包括NASA-U.S. 地球资源探测卫星(Landsat)任务在内的卫星数据发布了阿拉斯加，格陵兰和南极洲的新时间序列图像。一系列的图片说明了阿拉斯加冰川的巨大变化，并可能警告未来哈伯德冰川的消退。在格陵兰岛，不同的卫星记录显示，从2000年开始， […]
For this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful eye toward an emission-line galaxy called NGC 3749. When astronomers explore the contents and constituent parts of a galaxy somewhere in the universe, they use various techniques and tools. One of these is to spread out the inco
左边是1979年3月2日由旅行者1号飞船从290万公里(180万英里)外拍摄的木卫二。下一幅是1979年7月9日旅行者2号飞船近距离接触木卫二时拍摄的彩色图像。右边是木卫二的图像，是由伽利略号飞船在20世纪90年代末拍摄的。 来源：NASA/JPL 40年前，旅行者号宇宙飞船拍摄了木卫二的第一张特写照片，木卫二是木星的79颗卫星之一。这些发现的带褐色的裂缝切割了木卫二表面的冰层，这让木卫二看起来像一个布满血管的眼球。自那以后的几十年里，前往外太阳系的任务已经积累了足够多的关于木卫二的额外信息，使它成为美国国家航空航天局(NASA)搜寻生命的高优先目标。 这颗卫星之所以如此诱人，是因为它可能拥有
The universe is simply so vast that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of scale. Many galaxies we see through telescopes such as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the source of this beautiful image, look relatively similar: spiraling arms, a glowing center, and a mixture of bright specks of
这幅插图描述了I型X射线爆发。这种类型的X射线爆发首先吹散氢层，氢层膨胀并最终消散。之后，不断增强的辐射积聚到一定点后会吹散氦层，氦层会超过膨胀的氢层。爆发过程中发射出的一些X射线从吸积盘上散射开来。然后火球迅速冷却，氦又重新回到脉冲星表面。 版权：NASA戈达德太空飞行中心/Chris Smith ，大学空间研究联合会（USRA） 美国东部时间8月20日晚10点04分左右，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）在国际空间站的中子星内部成分探测望远镜（Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer，NICER）探测到X射线的突然激增。这次X射线爆发是由脉冲星表面的
The galaxy pictured in this Hubble image has an especially evocative name: the Medusa merger. Often referred to by its somewhat drier New General Catalogue designation of NGC 4194, this was not always one entity, but two. An early galaxy consumed a smaller gas-rich system, throwing out streams of st
Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or beautiful, often with an unusual or intriguing structure or history. However, it takes all kinds to make a universe — as demonstrated by this Hubble image of Messier 110. Messier 110 may not look like much
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5307, a planetary nebula that lies about 10,000 light-years from Earth. It can be seen in the constellation Centaurus (the Centaur), which can be seen primarily in the southern hemisphere. A planetary nebula is the final stage of a Sun-li
This atmospheric image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a dark, gloomy scene in the constellation of Gemini (the Twins). The subject of this image confused astronomers when it was first studied — rather than being classified as a single object, it was instead recorded as two obje
Although it looks more like an entity seen through a microscope than a telescope, this rounded object, named NGC 2022, is certainly not algae or tiny, blobby jellyfish. Instead, it is a vast orb of gas in space, cast off by an aging star. The star is visible in the orb’s center, shining throug
