保护地球，探索宇宙，发现文明
2021年11月17日 NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: William Ostling (The Astronomy Enthusiast) Explanation: Why doesn’t the nearby galaxy create a gravitational lensing effect on the background galaxy? It does, but since both galaxies are so nearby, the angular shift is much smaller than the angular...
有迹象表明，这可能是第一次被探测到一颗行星在银河系外穿过恒星的迹象 这可能是第一次探测到行星在银河系外穿过恒星的迹象。这个有趣的结果，利用NASA的钱德拉X射线天文台，打开了一个新的窗口，可以在比以往更远的距离搜索系外行星。 这颗可能的候选系外行星位于螺旋星系梅西耶51（M51）中，也因其独特的外形而被称为漩涡星系。 系外行星被定义为太阳系之外的行星。到目前为止，天文学家已经发现了银河系中所有其他已知的系外行星和系外行星候选行星，几乎所有这些行星都距离地球不到3000光年。M51中的一颗系外行星距离我们大约2800万光年，这意味着它的距离是银河系中的行星的数千倍。 系外行星被定义为太阳系之外的行星。到目前为止，天文学家已经在银河系中发现了所有其他已知的系外行星和系外行星候选者，它们几乎都离地球不到大约3000光...
This celestial lightsaber does not lie in a galaxy far, far away, but rather inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way. It’s inside a turbulent birthing ground for new stars known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away. 这把天体光剑并不在遥远的星系中，而是在我们的家园银河系中。它位于一个名为猎户座B分子云复合体的新恒星的湍流诞生地内，距离我们1,350光年。 Image Credit: NASA/ESA 图片来源：NASA/ES...
The Hubble Space Telescope’s glamour shots of the universe nearly always have a discovery behind them. 哈勃太空望远镜拍摄的迷人的宇宙照片背后几乎都有一个发现。 In this image, a remote galaxy is greatly magnified and distorted by the effects of gravitationally warped space. After its public release, astronomers used the picture to measure the galaxy’s distance of 9.4 billion...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features two interacting galaxies that are so intertwined, they have a collective name – Arp 91. Their delicate galactic dance takes place more than 100 million light-years from Earth. The two galaxies comprising Arp 91 have their own names: the lower galaxy, which looks like a bright spot, is NGC 5953, and the oval...
2021年8月2日 The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in Light and Sound Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Sonification: G. Salvesen (UCSB); Data: M. Rafelski et al. Explanation: Have you heard about the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field? Either way, you’ve likely not heard about it like this — please run your cursor over the featured image and listen! The Hubble Ultra-Dee...
Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The galaxy on the left is a lenticular galaxy, named 2MASX J03193743+4137580. The side-on spiral galaxy on the right is more simply named UGC 2665. Both galaxies lie approximately 350 million light-years ...
This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. The cluster – which is in the constellation Tucana (the Toucan) – contains a multitude of stars, many of which are scattered across this striking image. Because star clusters form from ...
A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The image features the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies around 275 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). The two galaxies are in the final stages of merging, and astronomers expect a powerful inflow of gas to i...
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, in the constellation of Virgo. First documented by William Herschel in 1785, the galaxy lies about 150 million light-years away from Earth. Despite this distance, we can see the delicate structures of gas and dust within the galaxy in extraordinary detail. This detail is possible using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3...