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我们天空中一些最令人惊叹的景象出现在日落时分，阳光穿透云层，形成了由云层的阴影和大气散射的光束形成的明暗混合光线。 研究邻近星系IC 5063的天文学家们被美国宇航局哈勃太空望远镜拍摄的图像所吸引。在这种情况下，从活跃星系耀眼的中心可以看到一束狭窄的明亮光线和阴影。 这张哈勃太空望远镜拍摄的附近活动星系IC 5063的中心图像显示，明亮的光线和来自炽热核心的阴影混合在一起，炽热核心是一个超大质量黑洞的所在地。天文学家认为，围绕黑洞的一圈尘埃物质可能正在将黑洞的阴影投射到太空中。根据他们的设想，这种光和影的相互作用可能会发生在巨黑洞爆炸的光撞击深埋在核心中的尘埃环的时候。光线穿过尘埃环上的缝隙，形成明亮的锥形射线。然而，圆盘上密集的斑块阻挡了一些光线，在星系中投射出长长的阴影。这种现象类似于太阳下山时阳光穿透地球...
Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. Unlike many spiral galaxies, UGC 12588 displays neither a bar of stars across its center nor the classic prominent spiral arm pattern. Instead, to a viewer, its circular, white and mostly unstructured center makes this galaxy more reminiscent of ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, also known as SDSS J090122.37+181432.3. The galaxy, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational lensing, appears as a long arc to the left of the central galaxy cluster. Gravitational lensing occurs when a large distribution of matter, such as a galaxy cluster, sits between Ear...
The galaxy UGCA 193, seen here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is a galaxy in the constellation of Sextans (the Sextant). Looking rather like a waterfall, UGCA 193 appears to host many young stars, especially in the lower portion of this view, creating a striking blue haze and the sense that the stars are falling from “above.” The blue color of UGCA ...
In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the center of the galaxy NGC 2798 (on the right). Interacting galaxies, such as these, are so named because of the influence they have on each other, which may eventually result in a merger or a unique formation. Already...