保护地球，探索宇宙，发现文明
2022年1月31日 Carina Nebula North Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Colombari Explanation: The Great Carina Nebula is home to strange stars and iconic nebulas. Named for its home constellation, the huge star-forming region is larger and brighter than the Great Orion Nebula but less well known because it is so far south — and because so much of humani...
2020 May 25 Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed Image Credit: Hubble, NASA, ESA; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying it. The huge monster, actually an inanimate series of pillars of gas and dust, measures light years in length. The in-head star is not itself...
2020 May 22 South of Carina Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo Explanation: With natal dust clouds in silhouette against glowing atomic gas, this colorful and chaotic vista lies within one of the largest star forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy, the Great Carina Nebula. The telescopic close-up frames a field of view about 80 light-years ...