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2021年11月02日 SN Requiem: A Supernova Seen Three Times So Far Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Data: S. A. Rodney (U. South Carolina) et al.; Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI) Explanation: We’ve seen this same supernova three times — when will we see it a fourth? When a distant star explodes in a supernova, we’re lucky if we see it even...
A violent and chaotic-looking mass of gas and dust is seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a nearby supernova remnant. Denoted N 63A, the object is the remains of a massive star that exploded, spewing its gaseous layers out into an already turbulent region. 在这张哈勃太空望远镜拍摄的附近超新星残余物的图像中，可以看到一团剧烈而混乱的气体和灰尘。这个天体被称为N 63A，是一颗大质量恒星的残骸，它爆炸后将其气态层喷出到一个已经很混乱的区域。 T...
Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova. This discovery, made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, could be a major step in pinpointing exactly how some giant stars explode. This work is based on Chandra observations of the remains of a supernova called Cassiopeia A, located in our galaxy about 11,000 light-years from...
在庆祝NASA哈勃太空望远镜发射31周年之际，天文学家将这个著名的天文台对准了一颗明亮 的 “名人星”，这是我们银河系中看到的最亮的恒星之一，被一团炽热的气体和尘埃包围着。 这颗名为船底座AG(AG Carinae)的恒星正在引力和辐射之间展开一场拉锯战，以避免自我毁灭。 在庆祝NASA哈勃太空望远镜发射31周年之际，天文学家将这个著名的天文台对准了一颗明亮 的 “名人星”，这是我们银河系中看到的最亮的恒星之一，被一团炽热的气体和尘埃包围着。 影像来源：NASA, ESA, STScI 围绕着这颗恒星的气体和尘埃的膨胀外壳大约有5光年宽，这相当于从这里到太阳以外最近的恒星半人马座的距离。 这个巨大的结构是在大约1万年前的一次或多次大喷发中形成的。这颗恒星的外层被吹...
ASA的南希·格蕾丝·罗曼太空望远镜将于本世纪20年代中期发射升空，届时它将为红外宇宙提供一个前所未有的窗口。该任务计划中的一项调查将利用引力的奇特之处来揭示太阳系以外的数千颗新行星。同样的调查还将提供迄今为止最好的机会，首次明确探测到孤零零的小黑洞。当一颗质量超过20个太阳的恒星耗尽其核心的核燃料，并在自身重量的作用下坍塌时，这些天体就被称为恒星质量黑洞。 黑洞具有强大的引力，连光都无法逃脱它们的魔爪。由于黑洞看不见，我们只能通过观察它们对周围环境的影响，间接地找到黑洞。在星系中心发现的超大质量黑洞，其质量是太阳的几百万倍，它们会扰乱附近恒星的轨道，偶尔还会将它们撕碎，造成可见的后果。 但天文学家认为，绝大多数恒星质量的黑洞要轻得多，它们周围没有任何东西可以提示我们它们的存在。罗曼望远镜将通过观察行星的引力如...
2021年04月05日 Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Z. Levay Explanation: Wisps like this are all that remain visible of a Milky Way star. About 7,000 years ago that star exploded in a supernova leaving the Veil Nebula. At the time, the expanding cloud was likely as bright as a crescent Moon, remaining visible for weeks t...
More than 11,000 years ago, a massive, supergiant star came to the end of its life. The star’s core collapsed to form an incredibly dense ball of neutrons, and its exterior was blasted away in an immense release of energy astronomers call a supernova. The light from this supernova first reached Earth from the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia a...
2020年10月23日 Supernova in NGC 2525 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Riess (STScI/JHU) and the SH0ES team Acknowledgment: M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 lies 70 million light-years from the Milky Way. It shines in Earth’s night sky within the boundaries of the southern constellation Puppis. About 60,000 light...
This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided. This cloud produces a kilonova; that is an astronomical event that occurs when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole merge into each other. This cloud shows the visible and infrared light. Within this neutron-rich debris, la...